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If you mean practice as in exercising, then there are many you can do. You can go somewhere, like a coffee shop, or a train station, and write in real time what's happening. This is a great action and pacing exercise. For structure/story exercise, you can write a 10 minute short, that has no...

Well, I'm sorry, but I must be a bit slow. I couldn't help the person on the other thread with a logline either. But I've always found that it helps to know how the story ends. I personally, but not everyone seems to agree to that approach, and I think if it's a short, then write it however...

Anyway, it's your story, you're the only person who knows how it needs to be written. We're only seeing snippets, so, we don't know anything. Just seems like a lot of story. But you do have to measure out your story. 100 pages doesn't really fit much. Sometimes it's possible to take take a...

Although I find the "goddess" aspect a bit offputting. I shy away from religious stories. Can that character be replaced by an alien?

well, of course, that's their thematic power, they have the ability to teach us how to be human.

I still don't understand the story. Are these women Amazonian, if so, why are they in space. Nothing with regards to anyone's motivation is alluded to. Who are the main characters in this? And I still don't know what genre this is. Action? Sci-fi? Action/sci-fi? i.e. Warring intergalactic...

"i've developed other ideas more than this idea, and even starting writing them a bit." It's alright, don't sweat, this one's easy. no problemo It's very important to learn to finish things. Every script suddenly looks like a giant pile of .... uhm.... pain in the butt at around 40 or 50...

And just a suggestion, you know, like the spelling and grammar thing, just trying to be constructive, maybe the name soggy mops isn't going to encourage confidence. I mean.... not wanting to be the massive troll I am, but ...... soggy mops? No no no, don't start explaining about the magic of...

As tragic as it is, statistically only one in two thousand scripts is "viable". That's a lot of reading to get through to find one. My days of shorts are long gone though, so I can't remember much of that. But if you can't find a script, maybe consider making an observational documentary...

Backstory can be your most deadly weapon. Or the concrete boots that drown you. But I think it's very healthy to talk about your ideas. Makes them bigger. Helps to see them from different angles, and triggers other ideas. I personally think it's important to know what you want to give your...

5-7 minutes? I mean, that's like the sum total of ad breaks for a Simpsons episode. Not critisizing the medium at all, but it's not a lot of time. And I don't think there are any rules for short film, at all, but generally short film is considered an "event" rather than a "story".

oops, sorry, I missed the inspirational requirement bit. uhhhhm.... lemme see.......... I know I know, we see them smoking pot from a real ghosts pov, maybe a Native American ghost, uhhhhhm....some warrior hellbent on revenge....... and uhhhhhm .....how much have you got for fx btw, (that will...

hang on hang on, museum, attractive people, supernatural, (I agree about forgetting the musical), 5 to 7 mins. (A bit short for a short imo.) Alright, alright, they have some little get together at the museum after hours, all saying that they're staying over at each other's houses, with the...

Why the hell do you care WHAT I think? You are asking me questions only you can answer for yourself. All of the rest is just clutter. Even me.

This was never fun, deary. Theories are bought only by those who feel they have no talent.

Don't listen to the save the cat devotees. Don't buy into it. It's just internet hype. Real practitioners don't promote it. Nobody on any list of filmmakers promotes it. That should tell you something.

In your laziness, you've just bundled the two together. You actually think formula ..... IS structure. And you couldn't be further from the truth. But I'm not a self proclaimed guru like dictator rik here. So it's not my job to teach you the fundamentals of film. I just think you should...

See, this is the madness. Anyone who doesn't believe in save the cat must therefore be a non-structuralist. This is where you are wrong. Structure does not automatically equate to formula.

So who have we got. Lynch, Lucas, Scorsese, Jarmusch, Dominik and Coppola. And Blake Snyder's save the cat is still trifling tripe.

So let's not dump on film school.