GOOD SETUP: It’s cool, I can’t see where it’s going, I’ve never seen it before, it’s doing something fun while establishing something important for later. BAD SETUP: I’ve seen it before, I know how it works, nothing happens. A yawn. Setup is the reader’s introduction to your ability to innovate and surprise. Spend some time…
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Mansplaining goes on in spec scripts. A lot. So as not to offend, I will call it the gender-neutral “screenplaining” instead. It is a structural problem that happens when the writer believes that readers need certain information up front to be able to properly interpret the story. However unintentionally, screenplaining condescends by assuming that the…
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