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16 Dec 2009, 5:02 pm

The concept is good.
And your father's advice was good. You write whatever crap you have to to get the story laid down. Then and not before, you start editing. Also, know that you have no choice in music, director, or casting. You might suggest, but good luck with that.
Consider your first draft an outline. Also consider that you don't have to be any good at this stage in your life. And even if what you wrote were brilliant, you would still hate it because you wrote it. It is a wretched stage of life, but it does pass.
Your desire for instant perfection is cursing your writing.



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17 Dec 2009, 2:11 pm

lelia wrote:
Your desire for instant perfection is cursing your writing.


I just realized something. My desire to be a perfect screenwriter echoes the desire of Eva to have a perfect existence; indeed, Redesigning Eva, as a whole, represents my struggle to find meaning in my life. But every time I try to take someone's advice for granted, it turns around and shoots me in the face. For example, suppose my dad told me to improve my geometry studies. Even if I did study, I would forget the information I just read, regardless how I've trained my mind or how much I studied.


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17 Dec 2009, 2:38 pm

Interesting insight.



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23 Dec 2009, 4:25 pm

Everything is going well with the script for Lamb to the Slaughter. However, I recently lost my flash drive. Redesigning Eva was on it. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place now. I'm debating whether to go through with the screenplay, or turn it into a novel. With a novel, I could have richer characters and themes. Screenplays aren't really meant for diving into a character's mind; they just describe scenes.


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23 Dec 2009, 5:13 pm

Sounds interesting...


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01 Jan 2010, 8:14 pm

If you're stuck on your writing my suggestion would be to write out the idea in one sentence. It's a hard thing to do but if you master it, you will be on your way.

Think of a random movie - say Big with Tom Hanks - it's "the story of a boy who wishes to be an adult, gets his chance and discovers that there's a reason why you have a childhood - so you can learn maturity"

I just made that up then, I'm sure others could make their own.

Any how write your story - and it must include your protagonist, setup, journey and conclusion. Post it over your computer or whatever, and let everything you write be informed by it. It will liberate you by giving you a sense of structure. Just think about every scene in Big - they are all working in some respect to that controlling idea.



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01 Jan 2010, 9:06 pm

mjs82 wrote:
If you're stuck on your writing my suggestion would be to write out the idea in one sentence. It's a hard thing to do but if you master it, you will be on your way.

Think of a random movie - say Big with Tom Hanks - it's "the story of a boy who wishes to be an adult, gets his chance and discovers that there's a reason why you have a childhood - so you can learn maturity"

I just made that up then, I'm sure others could make their own.

Any how write your story - and it must include your protagonist, setup, journey and conclusion. Post it over your computer or whatever, and let everything you write be informed by it. It will liberate you by giving you a sense of structure. Just think about every scene in Big - they are all working in some respect to that controlling idea.


Thanks, but that's not the movie I'm trying to make. It's evolved into something deeper. Don't let my casting choices fool you.


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01 Jan 2010, 9:48 pm

Giftorcurse wrote:
mjs82 wrote:
If you're stuck on your writing my suggestion would be to write out the idea in one sentence. It's a hard thing to do but if you master it, you will be on your way.

Think of a random movie - say Big with Tom Hanks - it's "the story of a boy who wishes to be an adult, gets his chance and discovers that there's a reason why you have a childhood - so you can learn maturity"

I just made that up then, I'm sure others could make their own.

Any how write your story - and it must include your protagonist, setup, journey and conclusion. Post it over your computer or whatever, and let everything you write be informed by it. It will liberate you by giving you a sense of structure. Just think about every scene in Big - they are all working in some respect to that controlling idea.


Thanks, but that's not the movie I'm trying to make. It's evolved into something deeper. Don't let my casting choices fool you.


I only picked Big as a random example. But when you say it's evolved into something deeper - what does that mean?



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01 Jan 2010, 10:51 pm

Giftorcurse wrote:
Everything is going well with the script for Lamb to the Slaughter. However, I recently lost my flash drive. Redesigning Eva was on it. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place now. I'm debating whether to go through with the screenplay, or turn it into a novel. With a novel, I could have richer characters and themes. Screenplays aren't really meant for diving into a character's mind; they just describe scenes.
While I do think your screenplay has an interesting premise, my advice is to turn it into a novel, as you could dig deeper into your characters and make the whole thing seem more realistic.


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07 Jan 2010, 3:51 pm

Given the fact I'm turning this into a novel now, would it be right if we took this conversation to a new thread? WrongPlanet has rules against making duplicate posts.


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20 Jan 2010, 4:29 pm

Guys, I'm moving the discussion to this thread, okay?

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt116712.html


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