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Entries from December 2006

Write the Old-School Way

December 16th, 2006 · No Comments

Do you sometimes feel more inspired to write with just pen and paper? If so, then these pre-formatted screenwriting pages might be just the thing for you. As the site says:
You can handwrite the first draft of your screenplay on these widely-accepted fromat templates for screenplays or teleplays.
The perfect solution for jotting down brainstorms [...]

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If It’s Not One Thing, It Probably Isn’t Another

December 15th, 2006 · No Comments

It’s been said before, but bears repeating:
…if “x” had not happened, it is likely that “y” would have happened anyway. If the answer is “yes,” then “x” is not driving the story forward. If the answer is “no,” then “y” MAY be the driving force moving the story forward.
“x” and “y” refer to

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Become Less Invested in your Writing

December 13th, 2006 · No Comments

At the User Group Meeting last night, Chris was giving some helpful advice (as always) on what to do if you’re having trouble writing your Main Character’s throughline.
The problem with writing the Main Character (a problem i’ve written about before here) is that often, because it is the first-person perspective, you’ll end up basically writing yourself [...]

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