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ksmithGacked this from my Media Bistro Daily Update**. Much discussion of the screenwriting version of internal editors, the mess in the middle, the possible messes in the beginning or end, and when you may need to set the thing aside and let it percolate.
http://www.mediabistro.com/mbtoolbox/genre/stop_going_to_the_refrigerator_and_start_screenwriting_35261.asp
Granted, it does deal with screenwriting, but I've always found the majority of concerns overlap with those of novel writing. The twists and turns of a script are tighter. I also recall reading/hearing once that the ultimate script would consist of no dialogue whatsoever--the story would be told visually, by the scenery, the actors. I think that may work for drama. Comedy? For those Cary Grant--Rosalind Russell wars of words, you need, like, *words*.
But overall, I think it's pretty much more of what we've all read before, but twisted just enough to make it fresh.
**A nice thing to sub to. You will receive course spam from them, but not too many and frankly I would take some of those courses if I could find the time.
http://www.mediabistro.com/mbtoolbox/genre/stop_going_to_the_refrigerator_and_start_screenwriting_35261.asp
Granted, it does deal with screenwriting, but I've always found the majority of concerns overlap with those of novel writing. The twists and turns of a script are tighter. I also recall reading/hearing once that the ultimate script would consist of no dialogue whatsoever--the story would be told visually, by the scenery, the actors. I think that may work for drama. Comedy? For those Cary Grant--Rosalind Russell wars of words, you need, like, *words*.
But overall, I think it's pretty much more of what we've all read before, but twisted just enough to make it fresh.
**A nice thing to sub to. You will receive course spam from them, but not too many and frankly I would take some of those courses if I could find the time.
