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Notes on Craft – (Part 4 of 6): The First 20 Pages | jwarrenpiece
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Notes on Craft – (Part 4 of 6): The First 20 Pages. PART 1: Premise and Concept. PART 4: The First 20 Pages. PART 5: Dialogue and Scene. PART 6: Rewriting and Polishing. Shattered Glass, State of Play, The Hunger Games). 8211; “Think about the end and then reverse-engineer to create the best setup for that climax. I’m looking for things to drop in that will pay off later.”. 8211; “Whenever I’m writing a script I always ask myself ‘. What is the simple, emotional journey. It was ‘. Popular guy in class?
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Notes on Craft – (Part 2 of 6): Structure. PART 1: Premise and Concept. PART 4: The First 20 Pages. PART 5: Dialogue and Scene. PART 6: Rewriting and Polishing. Scary Movie 3, 4; The Hangover Part II). 8211; “‘Story’ and ‘Screenplay’ are two different things; you need to know the story before you write the screenplay.”. 8211; “Most important when trying to figure out what stories to tell is to ask: ‘Is it pertinent to the human condition? Which are both the exact same movie.”. But for what they can.
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Notes on Craft – (Part 6 of 6): Rewriting & Polishing | jwarrenpiece
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Notes on Craft – (Part 6 of 6): Rewriting & Polishing. PART 1: Premise and Concept. PART 4: The First 20 Pages. PART 5: Dialogue and Scene. PART 6: Rewriting and Polishing. Under the Tuscan Sun, George of the Jungle, Shall We Dance). 8211; “When I write, I rewrite as I go.”. 8211; “The more pain I put my main character through the better it is.”. 8211; “I never let a studio read a working draft.”. 8211; “I don’t outline (confessed not enjoying the writing process).”. 8211; “When writers go for. 8211; ...
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The Dash vs the Ellipsis | jwarrenpiece
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The Dash vs the Ellipsis. This could also be called… “Cutting Off vs Trailing Off.”. I’m certainly no grammar expert. I get called out on my use of “its” vs “it’s” all the time. Truth be told, I favor “its” sometimes simply because that extra space would put my dialogue on a new line, and nobody likes those dangling orphans making their script longer! In the blue corner…. THE DASH. ( – ). Specifically, there are en dashes (. And em dashes (. Which have slightly different uses. Thank you, JD. Other than u...
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Notes on Craft – (Part 3 of 6): Character | jwarrenpiece
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Notes on Craft – (Part 3 of 6): Character. PART 1: Premise and Concept. PART 4: The First 20 Pages. PART 5: Dialogue and Scene. PART 6: Rewriting and Polishing. Monsters vs Aliens, The Rocker, Seeing Other People). 8211; “I get character from my friends.”. 8211; “The best films are when the stories are simple and the characters are complex.”. 8211; “If I at least know what the character. I can write the scene.”. 8211; (quoting Mamet) “Research is the writer’s crutch.”. 8211; “You only speak when yo...
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Exquisite False Expectation | jwarrenpiece
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An excerpt from Shane Black’s KISS KISS BANG BANG}. Harry (Robert Downey Jr) and Gay Perry (Val Kilmer) are trying to get information out of a hostage. HOSTAGE: “Look, I don’t know anything about a girl. Seriously. I was bluffing.”. HARRY: “You know what? I think that you are bluffing- right- now.”. Harry empties his revolver of all six bullets. GAY PERRY: “Harry, what are you doing? As Harry places a single bullet back in the chamber…. Harry spins the cylinder, aims at his hostage:. Who taught you math!
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A Unique Perspective on the Sphere of Humanity | jwarrenpiece
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A Unique Perspective on the Sphere of Humanity. A friend of mine, Leigh McGowan, was recently asked to write a book based on her blog, InCaseImGone.com. About her experience as a young mother who suffers from a very rare- and potentially fatal- disease called Pulmonary Hypertension. When talking about her opportunity to share her stories in this new book, this brilliant, courageous, humble woman asks me: “But why would anyone care about. It is to humanity. Let’s say humanity- and all it represents (.
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