An excerpt from an email I just sent: “By the way, Aristotle’s POETICS is absolutely NOT an easy read, so when you hear Crag Mazin [a pretty successful Hollywood writer] say that, just know he’s lying to you! … unless you are already an expert on Ancient Greek society, dithyrambic poetry, and music of the lyre. Then it’s a breeze.” #Writing#ScreenWriting#Filmmaking
"At the end of the film, I had to smile, recognizing how Shyamalan has essentially ditched a payoff. He knows, as we all sense, that payoffs have grown boring. The mechanical resolution of a movie's problems is something we sit through at the end, but it's the setup and the buildup that keep our attention."
Holy crap! 😳 Slowly catching up on the @adventurex recordings when this talk by Christopher Morrison just flipped my (novice) understanding of "Story" upside down! 🙃
Click play & enjoy the ride... 😅 #GameDev#Screenwriting https://youtu.be/oH51Rxi9nS4
Just submitted a sketch about President Cleveland coming out of retirement to be a running mate for 45. In doing research for it I have at least tripled my knowledge of Grover Cleveland 😝
Inspiration hit, and so I wrote a scene that I fear can never, ever been good enough, even upon rewriting.
Imposter syndrome? Maybe. Hope for it that is distorted by ambition for it to be great? Perhaps.
But...as disturbed by it as I may be, that scene has a rough draft now. And maybe, maybe... Billy Shakes Is Out for Royalties is that much more what it wants to be.
New goal this week: learn how to write a screenplay. With the NYCMidnight Screenwriting Challenge starting on Friday, there's no time like the present!
"Character always comes first for Frank, however. He avoids outlines, preferring to navigate his scripts without G.P.S. Ideally, his characters will become so fully realized that they’ll grab the wheel and steer the narrative in unexpected directions."
Question: I'm after examples of creative works where there is a realisation that the way you've been told the world works is suspicious or wrong and you need to critically consider things for yourself.
Eg: The Truman Show
Particularly interested in games. The Stanley Parable is the closest so far but keen to learn about or be reminded of more!
in today's installment of fun dialogue the goblins and the swordswoman are giving the young witch love advice as they prep to burgle the wizard-king's boat
When I was 20 I thought by the time I hit mid-40s, I'd be a world famous writer and filmmaker, but well, here I am, only mildly successful but getting a lot of praise for each story from the very few who find them. Uhm.... So, I turn to teaching, and mentoring. This is one of the classes I give, and it's online so you can sign up, if you ever want to get into #screenwriting
For those people interested in getting their screenplays past readers and gatekeepers, I've just reposted a Stage 32 article that addresses the overwhelmingly common, number one reason why I "pass" on screenplays as often as I do.