annerocious: Ideally, when you enter a competition, you win it. If you don’t, your consolation prize is some knowledgeable feedback about why someone else won. But when you’re reading for a competition, you aren’t a critic. We can’t be brutally honest about what doesn’t work in your script. Our function is to be as helpful…
Read moreThank you for the post on bad ways to start a script! What are some endings to avoid or some that you hate?
Oh, my pleasure! Any time. I loathe “Two Years Later” endings. They’re just extra information. A self-fanfic. I hate a deus ex machina ending of any kind. And I don’t like endings that don’t pay off at all, as in there’s no recognizable final conflict that’s connected to the central question. Also, I hate endings that…
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The 7 Deadly Dialogue Sins justanotheridijiton: 1. Obvious exposition. Husband: “Darling, how long have we been married now?” Wife: “Silly, it’s been 20 years. Remember Hawaii – the North Shore?” Husband: “Oh yeah, that little honeymoon cottage.” When your characters seem to be speaking more to the audience than to each other, you are being…
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Read moreEverything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung (via psychquotesss)
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Read morelibraryoftheancients: squirrelstone: gideonseymours: miscommunication as a plot device makes me angry if you just talked to each other but no on the one hand i agree with this but on the other hand one of my coworkers rented an alpaca from a petting zoo and brought it to work because my boss said she wanted…
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