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True originality is unattainable. Everything has been done the trick is to make it your own. You have create relateabilty. If you make the audience really care about the plight that your characters go through, that is all that matters. I can't remember who said it but "originality is...

where do you get your information? It's just inaccurate. There are a lot of screenwriting "gurus" that are a scam, but Snyder just took what was already a well accepted approach to story telling and updated the wording and terminology for a new generation of film maker. You're arguements...

What is your version of structure Marilyn? Honestly, you bash Snyder as being formulaic, then you say that structure doesn't mean formulaic. A film does need a vision of the characters real world, then an event that trusts them into the new problem world, then they need to be fully...

Marilyn your elitism is making my eyes water. Tarantino did not go to film school not that it matters. Nearly all of the greats that did go to film school also say that they learned nothing about story telling and it was very helpful for their careers by NETWORKING. The "formulas" are...

Dreadylocks you should check out The Dialogue series on netflix or where ever you can, its interviews with working screenwriters and its incredible or go to blogtalkradio . com and search screenwriting. There is a wealth of information, great stuff. Everything I have hears about tales from...

Whitey from Me Myself And Irene

This is a story I would really really like to hear, I am sure that there are millions of people that would.

I'm sorry if that came off a bit harsh, I'm just passionate. My apologies, Aceofspades.

With that kind of thinking you have killed your chances before FADE IN: Of course its worth it to pursue a living. If its what you need to do to be happy, then you give yourself to the craft. Someone more talented than I said luck=talent+perserverance. You don't get lucky when a script...

I am confused very much. The narrative was sloppy, I didn't really know what was happening, I had to read a paragraph then go back and figure out whats going on. That isn't a story, its a indulgent action sequence nothing more. It is full of logic holes, It seems you understand the basics...

Taglines are teasers, loglines are summaries. The logline doesn't scream "READ ME". Some info I think the logline should have is the protagonist, antagonist, the problem and the stakes. As far as the synopsis. It has a lot of information not necessary to understanding what the story is. I...

I had no clue what Rachel Getting Married was about so I looked up the logline: Kim, a twentysomething recovering drug addict, must confront the ghosts of her family’s past when she returns home from rehab the week of her sister’s wedding. In my opinion there is a lot more built in drama in...

Where is the story in all of this? It sounds very episodic. I may be missing the glue to these traumatic events and its entirely possible that you are trying not to give away the story, but it feels very episodic. As for the logline, Is it Lila's self destructive teen years? Also I...

I have noticed lately that there are two types of writers, genre writers and obsurdly eclectic screenwriters. For every Farrelly brothers there is a Roman Polanski. I myself am all over the place. The desire to write a bad assed crime thriller ala The Usual Suspects/Pulp Fiction was the...

You leave it too vague. I don't really know what the film would be about. They seem like decent notions, but there isn't a real sense of drama in them. I want to know the theme, the character, the catalyst, the dilema. Lets face it, if agents or managers are deciding if they want to read...

Not rude at all, insightfull. Thanks for the input. I do dig the pro-war side. We will see what happens. Thanks for the reply Wheatie!

Keeping a budget in mind, I would say hair change is the best, or maybe driving a different car? A little weight loss(pad the shirt a little). Piercings? I don't know I'm just spitballing.

I looked it up. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=Final%20Draft&v=Final%20Draft%2C%20Inc.&uid=8&pf=3&pi=1&c=Business%20%26%20Home%20Office&sc=Word%20Processing&os=32-bit&vd=all You are good to go. Sorry to hijack but I am getting a...

It would make more sense to me to see the next slug line include 20 years later, instead of a simple fade out fade in. I assume the next slugline addresses the time change anyway. You could super impose 20 years later, which would get the point across with no chance of misunderstanding.

I find it impossible to just jump on a computer and go. I have to write on paper first. Usually its during my day at work I write a few pages, then at home that night I transfer it to my software. Then its not a matter of creating and formatting, its just dictating and formatting. My...