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That is a lot of really good info. Thank you for finding and reposting the passage here. It is a really good read.

Are you talking about a steady-cam with the camera turned backward? I would also like to know the actual name for the shot.

My mistake but I wasn't attacking you. If you want to be a screenwriter you have to take criticism. There is no way around that. When you say you don't care about the rules to the writing, thats fine, write short stories or novels. Screenplays are a very specific type of writing. I am not...

Key difference is, tarantino did it in scene form not through exposition.

My suggestions are in the thread SCREENWRITERS RESOURCES

Good find Filmy. And the screenwriters bible was my first book I bought. Before I wrote a word, haven't read it since.

Oh and don't write the soundtrack into the screenplay. Or I wouldn't do that at least. Song or two maybe but no the whole thing.

You may be able to curse in your descriptions, but using racial slurs will turn a lot of people off, you are not Quentin Tarantino you cannot get away with the same things he can. Bottom line if you turn people off on the first character description your screenplay goes in the circular file and...

http://www.finaldraft.com/company/newsletter-archive/newsletter-20100201_big_break.php Final Draft's big break screenwriting contest opened for submissions yesterday,give it a shot.

Enter contests, the good ones. Worst case scenario, they get read. Best case scenario, they get bought, you get an agent and fast track to being a working screenwriter.

I really liked the spilled coffee bits too.

I like the story, quirky and fun. The only suggestions I could come up with would be to maybe have a person leaving the interview room before him either acting extremely distraught or extremely arrogant. Either would add a sense of heightened distress to him.

Hello there Steve, I am now interested in finding that thread! Filmjumper has blown my mind a few times since I joined.:)

I have looked through this site for a couple days now and haven't found a thread like this. There is a lot of working writers/aspiring writers floating around in the ether of the site. I think that there should be a central place for those seeking technical advise in story/character...

Knowing the process has given me a more technical POV when it comes to watching film. I do generally like a lot fewer films that are put out now, since I have learned the process. I believe that has less to do with me picking at what others are fumbling, and more to do with studios...

Hey dredylocks, the unknown screenwriter has a very good article on this subject on his blog. Its a little lengthy, but hopefully it answers your question and some other people too. http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-elevator-pitch/screenwriting/tricks/2009/10/15/ First half is about the...

Agent Paul Smecker invert the first sylable of the first and last name, Either that is one of the single greatest coincidences in cinematic history. Or Duffy laughed his way to the bank for pulling one over on the studio. Boondock Saints

sunset boulevard, adaption, and barton fink are my favorite

screenwritersutopia.com blogtalkradio.com search screenwriting, many podcasts. Most good.

Sorry to bump an old thread. You really can't write internal motivation, thats a tool of a novel writer, not a screenwriter. A lot can be said about a characters motivation by subtext. For example if you are thinking a spouse of cheating, you can't ask "are you cheating" well you can but...