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no, I mean, you're everywhere, all the time.

I tend to give them a back story. I go right back, to who their parents were, not as something to have to stick to, just as an exercise, to get to know them before I start. But I wouldn't recommend over structuring. I benefit from having the sequence of main story events, but beyond that, I...

rayw, I'm starting to see a pattern here, which is that you dominate every thread. Can I ask, is that because you think you know everything, or is it just because you require a lot of attention? Tarantino's grammar is terrible, and you're going to say, well, it doesn't matter because he directs...

He just needs to get his work proofread. There will be big red circles around his mistakes, and he'll find that those mistakes are inherent, and eventually he won't make them again. You don't have to study grammar.

Yeah, well, steve, the thing is, I.... am living proof. I didn't even graduate from an English speaking high school, so how the hell did I learn grammar? And I've never read a book about English grammar. So how did I learn the rules if I didn't study them? hmm? I actually don't think any of...

Don't get me wrong, I like the zombie one. Maybe a different ending though. Maybe he wakes up screaming and the whole class laughs at him.

Maybe center it around a fight. Two kids are going to meet in the gym for a punch on. We get to know them a bit before the fight, see their nerves, and their fear, or bravado. Then we see the fight, and then the aftermath of the fight. It could be a comedy, or a thriller.

That's right. So.... go follow the book. Go on, and make sure you tell us when you have some success. Even small successes. As long as it was screened, that's the only prerequisite. And, seeing as fit people are less likely to die from smoking related illnesses, maybe you should get yourself a...

The problem with the books is that they inhibit story. By definition. They look at story from the outside in, instead of from the inside out. So that as a tool, they shape and cap the story before it's even begun. They annihilate storytelling dimensions, such as instinct and inspiration, and...

It's not uncommon to experience a bit of fatigue, but not a fifth into it, that's a bit soon. Maybe there's something about the outline that needs to change to make it more exciting. Maybe you've already grown past the story that's there. Talking about it can sometimes renew your interest and...

You should have a short film writing workshop instead. I honestly don't think contests are good for writers. They tell them that they're bad. Which.... I think is bad. But a workshop would be good. Something that they have to have a finished short done in, say, six weeks. Start by discussing...

The thing that's weird about what you're saying is the whole "our" method aspect. The fact that you've collectively adopted a method that you believe worked for one commercial children's writer and will therefore work for you. And the fact that you promote and defend this method with such gusto...

Anyway, look, nobody in the real world talks like you. Or thinks like you. Maybe some guy who wrote a script based on a novel found some book useful in some way.... SO WHAT?? Do think that this book is therefore gospel? There were probably a lot of things influencing him, maybe he was...

bla bla bla bla bla how to train your dragon bla bla bla bla bla save the cat bla bla bla bla bla arcs bla bla bla bla bla ..... bla bla bla There, now we've had the argument.

And it proves that writing a lot just naturally makes your grammar better. Anyway, I was reading a different thread below. Scary stuff. You're all obviously "arc" believers as well. It's like I've stumbled on some isolated tribe. Or a splinter cell. Ah ah ah, na, I'm not going to stick...

No, I am just ignorant. No, seriously, I am. I've never been aware of it. It's not an issue. All writers develop their quirks, they become part of their style. The writing shouldn't involve awareness of the words. I mean, I just don't know any more ways to explain it. It's twisty writing. You...

A few things threw me a bit, even the first line, busy but quiet street. Even when I reread it, it didn't make sense. Maybe you could use a sound track to create the telepathic world. I was also confused by the label on the clothes, if they are telepathic, why do they need to wear that, and why...

No one wants their script to be unreadable, but that's how everyone starts out. "Learning grammar" is an irrelevant distraction. It's off track. If you want to be a good screenwriter and to achieve that you're studying grammar, then you're missing the point. Have you noticed how "wrong" all of...

The audience for the movie. The people who are sitting in the theater. There is no other audience. Well, unless you want to count the ones sitting in front of their illegal download, lol Screenplays don't have an audience. When someone is reading a screenplay they are just another person in the...

More bizarre theories. In your effort to brainwash them into subservience to anyone who calls themselves a "reader", you're overlooking the only truth that matters. You're completely forgetting the whole reason to write. It is completely irrelevant who is making the film, you write for one and...