Kevin, that is an obvious issue: By breaking up scene description into shorter paragraphs, you run… There’s no rule to say you can’t write paragraphs of scene description with 5, 6, 7, lines or more. I note that in the article. However…
Kevin, given your long history writing screenplays, you know what I'm talking about in terms of how… That said, as noted in the article, you have to be JUDICIOUS. The world of a screenplay is primarily an externalized reality and that's…
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Thanks for your kind thoughts, Steven. Re Vanar: He’s been writing screenplays for nine years and the Nicholl is the first real tangible sign, at least as far as he’s concerned…
