Great way of bringing some much needed self-realization to the protagonist by looking into an exaggerated mirror of the dreary road he's going down.
Oh and it's funny as shit so there's no heavy-handed feeling that you're being spoon-fed the theme.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Contrary to Popular Belief
Interesting excerpt taken from GoIntoTheStory.com :
Yes, it's all well and good to have this romanticized image of a writer, plunking down in front of a typewriter, inserting a blank piece of paper, typing FADE IN and off they go to God knows where, but they just know they'll find their way (this is precisely how the last episode of "Californication" ended, by the way). That may work for you...
But if you're serious about being a professional screenwriter or TV writer, that approach simply doesn't fly. I've never met a writer with any sort of career in Hollywood who doesn't break their story in prep.
And the most symbolic proof of that instinct is what Arndt suggests: Know the ending of your story first
Screenwriting advice from Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt won an original screenplay Oscar in 2007 for “Little Miss Sunshine” and now finds himself nominated again, for best adapted screenplay for “Toy Story 3.” But, as he said on Tuesday morning, writing remains a mysterious, difficult process. One of the few things that works for him: He starts by writing the end of the story and figuring out how he wants the audience to feel.He starts by writing the end of the story. Knowing the end of your story is perhaps the most important key to prep-writing and breaking a story.
Yes, it's all well and good to have this romanticized image of a writer, plunking down in front of a typewriter, inserting a blank piece of paper, typing FADE IN and off they go to God knows where, but they just know they'll find their way (this is precisely how the last episode of "Californication" ended, by the way). That may work for you...
But if you're serious about being a professional screenwriter or TV writer, that approach simply doesn't fly. I've never met a writer with any sort of career in Hollywood who doesn't break their story in prep.
And the most symbolic proof of that instinct is what Arndt suggests: Know the ending of your story first
Leftovers aren't just for Thanksgiving
"I love when you're scratching your balls and happen to find a girl's hair down there"
--The Unit
--The Unit
Shit People Say 1/28/11
"Regular sex just isn't good enough for us anymore."
--Anonymous resident of The Unit
--Anonymous resident of The Unit
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Michael Wong, meet Blake Lively
When you are up in the Bay, far from home, working your way up the corporate ladder towards that white picket fence lined with four locos, drugs, and strippers, and you are feeling oh so lonely, just pull out your iPhone, make your WordsWithFriends move vs. me, and then come scope some fine photos of your future wife.
And everything. will. be. okay.
As if there weren't enough reasons to watch GG
Your Welcome Mike.
Oh and I guess I'll enjoy them too if you don't mind.
Truer words have never been spoken
Marion: You can't do this to me, I'm an AMERICAN.
--Raiders of the Lost Arc
--Raiders of the Lost Arc
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