Update: Reflections on Scripted Introductions of Female Characters File this under “Lessons Screenwriters Have Yet To Learn”.
It’s a great quote, a reminder of how important the underlying concept is to the story we choose to… Re Lynch = “friggin’ genuis”: Concur!
Daily Dialogue — September 6, 2017 “Let’s just call this road trip what it really is. A nice long break.”
Paul, thanks for that information. Interesting comments from Campbell Scott and I’m both surprised and not surprised re the ending. Not surprised because stories can change a…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 5 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Screenwriting 101: David Lynch “The first thing you need is an idea, an idea that you fall in love with. The idea tells you the mood you choose for the characters, how…
Daily Dialogue — September 5, 2017 MIRANDA: Even when I try to do something fun, you have to do it ten times bigger! I bring home a birthday cake and few gifts. You bring…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 4 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
The Virtues of Non-Linear Writing If you’re stuck with a story, try this: Write whatever scenes you want.
Interesting quote, Adam. Bottom line, we need to really immerse ourselves in our story universe and especially in knowing our story’s characters.
On Writing “When I describe a scene, I capture it with the moving eye of the cine-camera rather than with the photographer’s eye — which leaves it…
Daily Dialogue — September 4, 2017 Summer: We’ve been like Sid and Nancy for months now. Tom: Summer, Sid stabbed Nancy, seven times with a kitchen knife, I mean we have some…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 3 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Writing as Jazz, Jazz as Writing: 5 Part Series Words of writing wisdom gleaned from some jazz greats.
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Name That Tune! Pick songs which speak to the core essence of specific characters.
Documentary: “The Graham Greene Trilogy” 1993 BBC doc about the renowned novelist, playwright, and screenwriter.
Daily Dialogue — September 3, 2017 Mark Zuckerberg: You signed the papers. Eduardo Saverin: [almost in tears] You set me up. Mark Zuckerberg: You’re gonna blame me because…
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 September Challenge: Day 2 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
