Great stuff. Go read it. Print it. Tape it to your laptop.1. No visual tricks to replace storytelling
2. Don't substitute personal experience for emotion
3. No melodrama
4. No math
5. Do not submit material until it is ready
Stuch and Bruch is the idea that every fencing technique has a counter and every counter has a technique. Technique and counter are two major components of German swordsmanship and a fair description of my screenwriting adventures and life.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
What Not to Do
The Thinking Writer doesn't post frequently but it's always useful. The latest post is an "Idiot's Guide of What Not to Do" in screenwriting. Ill be adding these to my list of tactics for making passes.
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You are now #222222 Second SECOND on my blog, I absolutely knew you could do it, atta go baby!, 1+1=2 and 10 /5 is 2... sorry I didn't edit this. (ha, did I break all 5 of the rules here?). Seriously, great points
Which is really number one because your number one is the link to post a comment!
But, alas, I cheated -- I went to your site and clicked on my link, went back and clicked again, repeated process ten or twelve times -- but who cares? I'm popular! Ahem, if it is only with myself...
as of now you are #1 both with the blog stats and me personally (shhhh, but it's a secret)
Won't tell a soul.
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