I want CoC. All colors. All orientations. All those stories. Do you understand that all the other stories have already been told? A thousand thousand times? We live in a world of stories, and we can’t underestimate how we are placed in slots by those stories. Fat girls don’t deserve adoration, black girls can’t be…
Read moreNotes from a Screenreader: This Stake Is Undercooked
nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. Stakes are the thing in the story that makes a reader care what happens. Your fun characters and snappy dialogue and careful plotting literally do not matter if nothing much will happen if the plan doesn’t come together. And the stakes can be anything, really, as long as…
Read moreOscar-Winning Django Unchained, by Quentin Tarantino. Also, this is a good time to bring up that you don’t need to choreograph complex fight scenes on the page. They aren’t very interesting to read.
Read morelifeascaty: I have to read over a script I wrote a couple of years ago, but two pages in and I’m not sure if I can stand the embarrassment. Ahahahahahahahahahaha. Same.
Read moreEvery choice of words in a dialogue must reflect the character. Joko Anwar (via quotewhorequotes) How to dialogue.
Read moreNotes from a Screenreader: The Bad Blind Date
nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. You have a blind date. Nothing to go on, just a name. You smile, you shake hands, and then without preamble, your date sits down and launches into a monologue of therapy-grade personal disclosure. They tell you what the weather was like and what they were wearing during…
Read moreAny tips on writing short films? I am taking a short film class and while I enjoy it I find the fact that we can’t go over 10 minutes a little annoying. Also any tips for writing a script with no dialogue [2 minute] : sorry!!
annerocious: Yes! And yes. The best way to get over the hump about time limits and dialogue limits is to watch this short. 7 of the best short film minutes of your life. A short treats its topic in a very specific, stripped-down, highly-focused way. It can seem very roomy when you switch up your…
Read moreTrying to finish your first draft.
Read moreNo, you can’t be a screenwriter without the help of other screenwriters. Annerocious
Read moreOf course you can ask me questions about your logline. Yes, I will answer privately so your idea isn’t plastered all over a screenwriting blog.
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