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Stuck on a scene of characters going from one location to another
So the context is that two characters have to go from Country A to Country B. They have to travel through various airports and take a cab in order to reach Country B. The main story starts after they ...
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How to externalise internal thoughts better?
I've been watching a lot of Krzysztof Kieślowski movies lately, especially Decalogue, and I've noticed how adept he is at using visuals to externalise the inner ideas of his characters.
How can I ...
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Would it be too presumptuous of any established author to write a novel in the hope that it be made into a film?
Before I start, let me clarify that this is not a dilemma I am facing currently. It's just a question I had in mind for many established and aspiring authors.
Many best selling novels get made into ...
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What Does A Person Mean That My Novel Reads Like A Screenplay?
I have recently heard from some literary agents that my book, my opening chapters, reads like a screenplay. Now, this is a minority view. Most agents just think my opening chapters are beautifully ...
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How to write long conversation of (whispers) when screenwriting?
If you have a conversation of whispering in a screenplay do you have to put:
BATHSHEBA
(whispers)
Beneath each character’s name.
I’ll add that the situation mandates whispering and could be ...
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How to write a time-lapsed style scene in a screenplay?
This is a brief example, but it gets the point across ...
deep in thought Bathsheba shakes off her zoned thoughts by dipping her brush into the green paint and beginning on the canvas with her three ...
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"just telling the tale" - does this work?
I know (I think) many stories that have a point they want to present to the audience.
However, I wanted to focus on the excitement of the adventure first.
The result always seems to devolve into a ...
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To what extent 'Reality' be included while writing 'Realistic' Fiction literature?
According to wiki,
Realistic fiction typically involves a story whose basic setting (time and location in the world) is real and whose events could
feasibly happen in that real-world setting.
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Can anyone become a good writer? [closed]
Is it possible to become an Ernest Hemingway?
Sure, someone can learn to spell, put punctuation in the right places, and keep his sentences down to twenty words. That doesn’t make you Earnest ...
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Scrivener: Can I set spacing below the header?
Can I set it so that there is a certain amount of space between the text on each page and the header?
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How can a screenplay writer learn to write a novel?
I am the sort of person that is really great at coming up with amazing ideas, plot-lines, worlds, etc. for stories, but I'm not so good at putting them to paper - at least not in a novel. I'm really ...
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Playwriting: What is the difference between parentheticals and stage directions?
Coming from the World of Screenwriting, it proves difficult for me to discern the usage of parentheticals from the usage of stage directions in a play I'm writing. I need to know which is for what and ...
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Screenplay format: Can character names be shortened after the first mention?
For example:
TED DIBAR, (40s) swings his cape to the side, as he approaches Felix.
Do I need to continue to use the character's full name, or can I shorten it in subsequent mentions?
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What are the differences between a script and a screenplay?
There is usually a lot of confusion when it comes to these two terms. Some sources say that there is no (practical) difference between the two while other sources talk of various kinds of differences. ...
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Chopped sentences with too many conjunction, and repeating the subject again and again
I have tendency to write chopped sentences with too many conjunctions, repeating the subject again and again. I don't want that but I'm not skilled in English.
For example how do write the following ...
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Writing style — comma, period and re-referring the object of the first sentence again as subject in second sentence [closed]
Alex look around the room, it's almost empty except few small empty boxes and few clothes.
Alex look around the room. It's almost empty except few small empty boxes and few clothes.
Alex look around ...
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