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Read morechristinawritesfiction: Fun fact: I dread writing scene endings send help. literally don’t end scenes. chop them off so that they dangle and don’t finish until the middle of the next scene, which you chop the end off, until the final scene, which ends at the beginning. fact.
Read more[T]he incredibly simple rule of writing a screenplay is always to end-load it, always to write something where the outcome is more important than the proposition. David Hare (BAFTA/BFI Screenwriters’ Lecture Series)
Read moreHow To Foreshadow
wordsnstuff: Foreshadowing is a necessary part of any well-executed story. And yet, despite all its prevalence and importance, it’s actually a concept that many authors have a hard time getting their minds around. If we sift foreshadowing down to its simplest form, we could say that it prepares readers for what will happen later in…
Read moreseriouslydev: “I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are both here and elsewhere” — Albert Camus (via dsblackmetal)
Read moreHi Jules! I’m currently in film school and will be writing/directing a short film soon. This isn’t my first time in these roles, however it is my first time doing it with an actual crew (usually it’s just me and an DSLR!). Do you have any advice on how to direct each department (eg camera, art, sound)? I have somewhat of an understanding of each discipline (having done some before), but I feel like I don’t have clear idea of what I want from all of them? Hope that makes sense. Love your blog!
2nd-rate-film-school: Hi Anon! It’s good you have an understanding of each discipline as that will help you when discussing the film with each department. If you have worked in these other disciplines, the first thing to do would be to ask yourself what you would like to know if the roles were reversed. If you…
Read morefuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors: A Vigilante dir. Sarah Daggar Nickson (2018) A once abused woman devotes herself to ridding victims of their domestic abusers while hunting down the husband she must kill to truly be free.
Read moreQuick writing tip: don’t give your characters honorable deaths
ava-burton-writing: instead of dignified last words and quiet sigh as your characters pass, consider: make scream, plead, cry not to go. have snot drip down their face. strip away their pride. leave them sobbing, vulnerable, scared, human. :)) (obviously this is a only tip and won’t work for every death scene but it sure is fun…
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The Third Act: How to Write a Climactic Sequence
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