More from “Screenwriting Tips… You Hacks”
Xander Bennett lays down more tough love at his blog Screenwriting Tips… You Hack:
Screenwriting Tip #83
If you’re introducing a new villain in Act 3, chances are something in your structure is fundamentally fucked.
Screenwriting Tip #84
The line “Houston, we have a problem”, and any variation thereof, shall be banned on pain of death. DEATH.
Screenwriting Tip #87
If you’re using VO to describe the action that we’re seeing, then I can’t help you, and you should probably try writing greeting cards instead.
Screenwriting Tip #93
Give your main character some flaws, dammit. They’re not perfect!
(Unless you’re writing about Jesus. And even then, he had that Mary Magdalene thing goin’ on. You know what I mean.)
He’s approaching the century mark. I wonder what tip #100 will be?