Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the WGA is on strike. This video does a great job explaining their stance.
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Two sentences.
1. If the audience knows more than the character, they get emotionally involved with the character.
2. If the audience knows less than the character, they get intellectual about things and try to figure things out.
So simple and stated like this, so obvious. But also so insightful. With just those two sentences, you can figure […]
For me, writing the first draft is the hardest thing.
I think of an idea and just twirl it in my head for a few days. I think about it any time I am free… images running through my head. I’ll hit an issue. Some issues are deal breakers - if it destroys the premise or […]
For most of 2006, I attended a writing workshop in Manhattan.
To be clear, it is a workshop, not a class. A class is one where all the students sit down and listen to a teacher share his wisdom, the dos and don’ts of writing a good script, character motivations, story arcs etc. There are tons […]
I’ve started writing again. I love to write, but find it almost impossible to get started. Once I get started, I actually write pretty quickly - at least the first draft stage.
I’ve resorted to little tricks to help myself be productive - faking deadlines, giving myself pep talks, and most importantly feeling like I am […]
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