Why is Hollywood Ditching Its Rule of "Show, Don't Tell"?
This article SUBTEXTUALLY points out why I am no longer writing specs. All one has to do is watch much of the "CONTENT" [sic] on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc. to see that we've crossed the line of SHOW, DON'T TELL and are now in TELL, DON'T SHOW territory. LOL.
The author of the article ends by saying we writers along with audiences and critics know better... LOL. I don't think that's quite true ANYMORE.
I know some fairly new professional readers that don't even understand subtext some or most of the time... They simply don't get it.
Somewhere along the line, storytelling has changed when it comes to new films within the Hollywood arena. Thank GOD some do, on occasion, make it through all the wickets and manage to tell a good story on screen but in my humble opinion, they are few and far between.
Either that or I am just very old.
I do NOT see the dumbing down of writing ending anytime soon either.
That's why I've turned to writing books but I've even seen books beginning to take this detour.
Do you think it's because of social media? Perhaps. Laziness also comes to mind. COMBINE the two? Hmmm.
This article SUBTEXTUALLY points out why I am no longer writing specs. All one has to do is watch much of the "CONTENT" [sic] on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc. to see that we've crossed the line of SHOW, DON'T TELL and are now in TELL, DON'T SHOW territory. LOL.
The author of the article ends by saying we writers along with audiences and critics know better... LOL. I don't think that's quite true ANYMORE.
I know some fairly new professional readers that don't even understand subtext some or most of the time... They simply don't get it.
Somewhere along the line, storytelling has changed when it comes to new films within the Hollywood arena. Thank GOD some do, on occasion, make it through all the wickets and manage to tell a good story on screen but in my humble opinion, they are few and far between.
Either that or I am just very old.
I do NOT see the dumbing down of writing ending anytime soon either.
That's why I've turned to writing books but I've even seen books beginning to take this detour.
Do you think it's because of social media? Perhaps. Laziness also comes to mind. COMBINE the two? Hmmm.