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By the same token? I was in the Navy for 21 years... LOL. I've tapped that well MANY MANY TIMES. And? Interestingly enough, over the years, I've had opportunities to hang out with other professional screenwriters... Barbeques... Parties. You name it. I still talk like I'm in the Navy. The...

I will say that over the years -- decades actually -- every time I meet someone or continue to know someone... I'm always listening. I'm always LOOKING for SOMETHING I can implement into a character in a scene be it a screenplay or novel. And? You never know when this is going to occur so you...

I don't know about WE... I know I can. I know I do. Even writing novels.

I approach characters a little differently... I don't do bios or personality profiles or anything like that... Not that you can't... Everybody's different. Whatever works for YOU -- WORKS. Having said that? I give all my characters a THEME. I break that theme down into one best word that...

I don't agree with A LOT ON THAT LIST. LOL.

101 Greatest Screenplays Of The 21st Century: Horror Pic Tops Writers Guild’s List “As voted upon by the members of the Writers Guilds West and East, the list of the 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (so far) is both a celebration of the great writers and screenplays of the last 21...

“It’s arduous to read an overwritten screenplay. This might sound superficial, but the screenplay is the catnip that attracts money and talent, and it must be easy and entertaining to read.”

Why Screenwriters Should Read George Saunders’s A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life I agree with the article... A great read if you're a storyteller.

It's STILL all about distribution... LOL. Nothing's really changed.

I agree. LOL. I really do. I've argued this forever.

Dude... No worries. For whatever reason? The RED STRIPES on the back of her boots OUTSIDE just struck me. Once that impression was there? Couldn't get it out of my head and then when she was inside, my brain YELLED OUT to me... NO BOOTS! LOL. My favorite part? When she walks up to the...

Really enjoyed it... The hit woman's different shoes once inside the house took me out of the story just for a second but it wasn't enough to ruin it. I've also been there more than a few times. The fact that you did what you could with what you had and came out with something extremely...

Another good article... What John Wick Does Right In Building Mythology

And HERE YOU GO AGAIN. I'm not wrong IF this is a spec. POST? That's putting the cart before the horse a bit, don't you think? LOL. If this is something that somebody is going to shoot WITHOUT being marketed then I stand by what I said -- WRITE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT. But if this is to be a spec...

Off the top of my head... This is how I'd handle it... The elipsis DOES signal the reader that the dialogue is ongoing... You can also use the elipsis with action to do the same thing. No need for CONTINUOUS or (CONT'D). Less is more with specs which are meant to be read. If there's NO REASON...

Also remember... The Coens don't really write specs. They write for themselves most of the time although they have done some script doctoring here and there. When you write for yourself, you can write any way you want i.e., not capping Chigurh's name. I've seen probably ALL of their screenplays...

This is how I've written for as long as I remember having seen it early on in screenplays I read in the 80s. My personal opinion and observation is that when used correctly -- it EMPHASIZES -- what's in between these double dashes. Much like using an Em dash in fiction writing but screenwriting...

Uh... Pretty sure you were the ONE that STARTED the DEBATE.

That may have gotten a little LOST when you came up with the above reply... LOL.

Agreed. Reminds me of the OLD JOKE about the young bull and the old bull up on the hill looking down at all the cows grazing in the meadow... LOL.