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…
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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.
Read morewriter-of-whatever: awesomedigitalart: Beneath the Surface by juliedillon I feel like annerocious could make this about screenwriting. When I saw this on my dash I instantly thought, the boat is the final draft! But the art was unsourced, so I didn’t. And voila! Here it is. I don’t know whether this means I am getting too…
Read moreWe can’t give the audience moral of the story. Give them the story, then let them define the moral themselves. Joko Anwar (via quotewhorequotes) This is why you don’t have your final challenge happen in a conversation where people make speeches that include the words “Sometimes people just (fill in moral)”. Your story proves your…
Read morevancity604778kid: ultrafacts: Source Click HERE to Follow the Ultrafacts Blog! ALICE ROOSEVELT WAS HARDCORE. “She was known as a rule-breaker in an era when women were under great pressure to conform. The American public noticed many of her exploits. She smoked cigarettes in public, swore at officials, rode in cars with men, stayed out late…
Read moreclevergirlhelps: Writability: 7 Signs You Should Cut Your Prologue avajae: Those of you who follow me on Twitter may or may not have seen this last week: The more I do this interning stuff, the more I see why agents advise against prologues. 9/10 times you really don’t need it. #pubtip — Ava Jae (@Ava_Jae)…
Read moreWHAT YOU WANT IS SUBTEXT
So, it’s sort of like a puzzle. You want to convey the information that your protag was, let’s say, orphaned at the age of seven and inherited a vast fortune. How do you do it? TRICK QUESTION. You do not want to convey information, you want to create curiosity and emotion and feelings of connection…
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