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    Real-life experience list for collaboration and consultation

    Thanks for the posts, MooiTV.com. To clarify my rationale for this thread, I wouldn't describe it as taking people's experiences and then taking that and creating a character, more like having a character and fleshing that character out with more info that pertains to the character/script. For...
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    Real-life experience list for collaboration and consultation

    Getting the ball rolling... I grew up on a dairy farm and have significant life experience of farm life/work, in general. I was also home-schooled and have spent years of work as an addiction counselor which is my current career to date. If anyone wants to consult with me, I am a private...
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    Real-life experience list for collaboration and consultation

    Hoping this is helpful, thought it might be beneficial for members to post in a dedicated thread, a summary of what they think they are knowledgeable of so others can ask them questions to help ground their script. Clearly this forum is filled with members from many walks and experiences in...
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    Best Screenwriting Books

    Right now got my hands on The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Vogler. Very early into it but it looks like a good one.
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    What's up party people?

    Lots going on right now, birthday today, daughter's first day of school, my younger brother is moving to a new place a couple hours away due to work. On the more melancholic side, today is also my last day off of work from last Tuesday. Cheers to this community!
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    The reasons you visit, and would want to visit IndieTalk

    I recently stumbled across this site in trying to further expand on my screenwriting development. Pleased to see when I browse the rest of the topics that it is a resource for basically all aspects of film making on top of script writing. Minimal time here but the community has been very...
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    Best Screenwriting Books

    thanks for the info guys! Will check some of them out.
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    Failure at writing a screenplay, whats the reason?

    My suggestions, Usmanhere, are similar to some already mentioned, specifically the daily writing, or at least some sort of dedicated time you can prioritize to writing on a consistent basis. I am doing some developmental stuff for a script I want to start writing soon and IMO, you have to set...
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    RIP Gene Wilder

    RIP, Mr. Wilder, another original comic film actor gone.
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    What are you drinking right NOW!

    I see a Rickard's Red in my future soon!
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    Best Screenwriting Books

    I have been delving more and more into reading scripts online which is good advice, thank you. I have only gotten my hands to date on Syd Field's workshop book and an American Film Institute one that I loved but now am having trouble finding it. Both emphasized structure but the AFI one was...
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    Revealing a Character's Name?

    Sorry, this will probably sound unhelpful but I would aim to only make it apparent once in the script that the character's name has changed. So that the flow does not seem stilted. Guess if you feel the character's name change requires some more description of the character at that point, then...
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    Best Screenwriting Books

    Hoping this is the right place for this type of question... Can people please give me some suggestions/recommendations as to helpful screenwriting books out there? I am a beginning writer and not necessarily completely new to the developmental process of screenplay writing but am eager to get...
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    Hello! Beginning Script Writer from Ontario Canada

    Thanks for the offer! Just private message me about brainstorming and we will go from there.
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    Hello! Beginning Script Writer from Ontario Canada

    Hey all, wanted to briefly introduce myself to this community of like-minded people. For many years, I have had a deep appreciation of the film industry and more specifically, examining what makes a good movie good and a great movie legendary. As you know film is a collaborative enterprise...
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