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Hi Ad...I've just been busy and frustrated with my writing. Things are better now. Still, I've been on here from time to time. I'm not an expert or pro (hopefully one day), but I try to contribute when I can. Congrats on your two episodes! Did you write them or film them? I'd check them out but...

No problem guys, I try to contribute if I can. It also stands that some genres and/or stories may not need much character depth. But if your story isn't like a Bond script then character depth is pretty important. I saw Gladiator on the other day and my biggest problem with that movie, other...

Thanks guys....thanks indie for buying! :lol:

I've been struggling for months and months with an early part of my script. Finally, that a-ha moment. Just thought I'd share and shout it off the rooftops since my mind is free again at last! :D

Hi Danny, First, welcome and I'm sure you'll find a lot of helpful advice from very knowledgable people here. Professionals and amateurs alike. I also have just started out in the last year or so with screenwriting in the hopes of a bigger film career. The best advice I can give you is to...

Don't be discouraged. Get your head down, stock up on caffeine, put yourself through the grind and get it done in the next few days. Back in high school we had to compose a several hundred page anthology in a month, and naturally I waited until the final week. I stayed up 3-4 days in a row with...

Flat characters. Surest way to write a boring story is to write flat, boring characters. Of course everyone wants to have characters with depth...but which characters are round and which are flat? Many writers have a notion of what depth involves, but how can we define it for sure? Well that's...

The only problem with this is that basically any screenplay you find, that I've seen anyways, are shooting scripts and not spec. So people who use them as guidelines are invariably going to wind up writing a shooting script. That's why so many beginners number their scenes, add camera angles...

Congrats ad!

Wow, so sorry Clive and Vince, I did not realize this thread had been replied to...and yet I usually check in a few times a week. Again, my apologies. I think it really depends on the type of film. I really find there are two types of films. One where the events take center stage and the...

Re-writing is the most important part of writing. I have to do it constantly, myself. Also, my example is not particularly dramatic. Depending on how important a scene it is, you may want to leave it matter-of-fact like I did. Or if it's more important, dramatize it some more...although be...

Little detail question here. How does everyone handle their page breaks? I couldn't find anything specific in my formatting book about this. Specifically, what's the minimum amount of lines you leave at the top/bottom of pages for both action and dialogue? I seem to have been playing around with...

So yeah, here's my edited version, except I don't know how to get the italics off when I quote. Anyways, good luck.

Yeah, I edited this once or twice and took them out and put them back in. Now that I've slept I would take both out.... I prefer a cadence to my writing and sometimes I write things slightly different than normal if it flows better. Must have thought that was the case last night, but upon...

Hello Monco! Welcome to IndieTalk and I'm sure you'll find lots of valuable tips here and knowledgeable people willing to help you. I will offer some advice of my own here: 1. Don't number your scenes. That is a shooting script convention...not spec writing. Spec = speculative, as in you're...

Definitely check out Rik's post. The information he gave you and lots of other info regarding format and rules and be found free, here and elsewhere on the web. Web-based stuff was all I used for awhile, and for the most part it's adequate. If you ever want to get a book on format, get the...

Parentheticals are tough for beginning writers. I mostly agree with what others have mentioned in this thread, about moderation, finding better ways to say what you're trying to say, etc. Also, actors want to act, they don't want to be a puppet. BUT, the golden rule of screenwriting is to make...

VP is right, and I would also add a couple of other things. If you want people to take you seriously and check out your work, present it professionally. You just wallpapered a couple of links on here. Usually if you want an audience to come to a theatre and watch, you'll need to invest quite a...

Hi Forever, and welcome. I think you'd want to post this in the appropriate forum...I'd guess it will get moved there anyways. Also, you might want to post your own thread.

LOL...VP, I agreed with you, the joke was for the OP. ;)