itstartswithablankpage: Every time you’re stuck for what to write, take the last bad thing that happened to your characters… and write something worse. Why, you ask? You just gotta.

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2nd-rate-film-school: shiningneedlecastle: i found a list of stock characters in ancient greek media tag yourself i’m the man of petty ambition This is funny but also kinda helpful?

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Do Yourself a Favor

And write for actors. Not long monologues and foaming at the mouth, necessarily. If you think like an actor, which means creating a sensible string of motivations and reactions and plans so that the character behaves like a person instead of a mechanism to move the plot to a given point on a given page,…

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Visual That

Is it more cinematic to listen to a person explain how boring their job is and how stupid the customers are, or cut right to stupid customers in action, ruining the day of our (now very relatable) protagonist? Why get together at lunch to discuss how badly a date went when you can just show…

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twitchytyrant: I can’t believe he killed Harrison Ford twice

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arraynow: The women of @AFFRM including @directher @tilanej @MercedesYo stand #WithStrongGirls everywhere. Show off your #strengthie! ArrayAction.com

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jadelyn: just-shower-thoughts: Adding an extra ’S’ when spelling needles is needless. -_- just go

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