PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: Zoe is not liking it. SIMPLE PRESENT: Loki likes it. John is yelling, Margaret is walking, Chris is barking like a dog. John yells, Margaret walks, Chris barks like a dog. Write your screenplay actively. Is _____ing is not your friend.
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Do not start your script with a slugline, then anything in this whole genus of action lines: A NOUN is VERBED (adverb, prepositional phrase) by a NOUN. The reader’s spleen will burst. Screenwriting is active. An ipod is not placed in a dock by a hand. MATT puts the IPOD in the DOCK.
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