Category: About Writing
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What Austin Powers Teaches Us About Scene Length
Whether it’s a scene in a movie, or a chapter in a novel, there’s an important lesson to be learned from this moment in Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. This joke wouldn’t work at the other end of the scene, because it’s a punchline. But if you did try the same thing at the…
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Foreshadowing In Good Will Hunting
There’s an interesting moment of foreshadowing in Good Will Hunting. This is how it appears in the final film. [scrippet] SEAN Trust. Very important in a relationship, it’s also very important in a clinical situation. Why is trust the most important thing in making a breakthrough with a client? Maureen, stop the oral fixation for…
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Khaaaaaaaan
I watched Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan last night, for the umpteenth time, and I still love it. What might have been though … Gene Roddenberry had written a sequel script in which the crew of the Enterprise must travel back in time to fix a timeline corrupted by Klingons who prevent the…
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On Not Writing Enough
I haven’t done enough writing this week. I often feel that, but in this case, it’s actually true. I haven’t actually done enough writing for a few weeks now, and I find myself procrastinating more and more, and feeling worse and worse about it. So what stopped the momentum? A bout of illness certainly didn’t…
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Music To Write To
The only time I really listen to music is when I’m writing, and so my tastes are a bit weird, because I only listen to things that help me write. And that mostly means movie soundtracks and classical music. So here are a few of the things that get played while I stare at the…
