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Creative Corner => Filmmakers' Workshop => Topic started by: prophet on May 19, 2004, 09:24:17 PM

Title: forcing it?
Post by: prophet on May 19, 2004, 09:24:17 PM
i was thinking. i really dont have any big ideas for a script so i was wondering should i stop trying to write something if i dont have anything to write about?
Title: forcing it?
Post by: Pubrick on May 19, 2004, 09:25:17 PM
apply the same logic to ur posts.
Title: forcing it?
Post by: picolas on May 19, 2004, 09:55:20 PM
lol
Title: forcing it?
Post by: prophet on May 20, 2004, 12:22:41 AM
ok thats it im never cmoing to this site ever again . j/k
Title: forcing it?
Post by: cine on May 20, 2004, 02:47:56 PM
Don't tease.
Title: forcing it?
Post by: dustym on May 31, 2004, 01:17:02 AM
If you are serious about writing anything be it scripts or not, you should write everyday. Everyone  sits around and waits for the big idea to hit, but it rarely does. You should take characters or ideas and beat them with words and brainstorms until they develop themselves.

Most importantly you should write to develop style. You should practice conveying with the utmost brevity; 120 pages isn't alot of time if you have a story to tell, so you should be as clear and succinct as possible. This type of writing - this style - takes practice.

Big ideas are overrated. The ability to write well will never be.
Title: forcing it?
Post by: metroshane on May 31, 2004, 11:22:39 AM
One of Neil Simon's most famous reviews said "Neil Simon didn't have any good ideas for a play this year.  He wrote it anyway".
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