CRAFT: Everything’s Connected – Set-up, Payoff and the Twist – Script Magazine
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A Word Count Guide for 18 Different Book Genres
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Niecy Nash’s ‘Claws’ is the future of television
Read moreIs there a way to pre-order your book? It sounds amaze-ballz.
brittalundin: Oh man, thanks for asking! SHIP IT is not available for pre-order as of yet, but I’ll post about it when you can! For now, what you can do is mark it “Want to read” on Goodreads and it’ll update you when there’s news about it. Or follow me here or on Twitter, where…
Read moregodotcamebutiwasbusyfangirling: ultrafacts: For any writers: http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/SFTerms.html For more facts, follow Ultrafacts Thank you NASA **
Read morebi-est-witch-of-middleearth: jewishdragon: do-you-have-a-flag: papatulus: papatulus: papatulus: i dont think ive ever been more excited to watch a 1:50 hour video it starts off tearing into doctor who under moffat and hbomberguy i could kiss you i love you great video already please watch this video if you care about or have cared about sherlock or…
Read morerifles: In 1974, Jessie Maple became the first black woman to join the International Photographers of Motion Picture & Television Union (the many lawsuits that led to that victory she recorded in the book How to Become a Union Camerawoman) and in 1981, she released Will the first post civil rights feature-length film produced by an African-American…
Read moreHey, you’re awesome, thanks for existing, basically ^_^ Anyway, I wanted to know if you have any tips on how to write different personalities? My characters (all of them) always end up with the same default personality that I fall back on. Thanks!
lets-get-fictional: Thanks for your question, darling! I think most of us have struggled with this – after all, we’re conditioned to one way of thinking, feeling, and acting for as long as we live. That doesn’t necessarily mean we write characters like ourselves, though. In fact, many of us have a “default character” that’s sassier…
Read moreOkay, so this probably sounds really, really strange, but could you use Hair for stitching wounds? Like, you have a character that has really long hair and he or someone else has a open wound that seriously needs stiching, but the only thing they have is a needle. Could they use 1-2 strands of hair as thread? I know it’s not hygienic but would it be possible?
scriptmedic: Hey there nonny! So the short answer is: human hair doesn’t have the tensile strength or diameter you need to stitch much. A skilled eye surgeon could use human hair for eye sutures, but it’s too thin to effectively hold muscle or skin together. What’s been used for ages is horse hair, specifically from…
Read moreGood dialog doesn’t resemble conversation – it presents the illusion of conversation, subservient to the demands of characterisation and structure. John Yorke (Into the Woods)
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