Category: About Writing
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About Writing: Larry Gelbart Offers Some Advice
The creator of MASH, Larry Gelbart, gives some advice to young writers.
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About Writing: William Goldman on Screenwriting
William Goldman talks about screenwriting and his own past.
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About Writing: Trim Your Dialogue
Every word of dialogue in your writing needs to earn its place. If it doesn’t deserve to be there, cut it. If it doesn’t need to be there, cut it. If you’re not sure it should be there, cut it. Let’s take a quick look at the following two lines: [scrippet] JANE By the way, where is…
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About Writing: Incentivise Your Time
At the risk of slipping into management speak with the title of this post, it’s always a good technique to give yourself incentives to finish your daily writing schedule. You do have one of those don’t you? Whether it’s giving yourself a thousand words a day, or three scenes a day, or ten pages a…
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About Writing: Revisit Old Ideas
You keep all your old ideas in a folder right? Or a notebook? And you do make sure to take the time to look through those ideas as often as possible? I try and keep a note of every story idea I have, even if it’s fragmentary and doesn’t seem to have the legs to…
