Screenplay pages written: Zero
Books read: Two.
Both good books, glad I read them too#–I now have a good idea what’s been bothering me in Ozark Mile. I won’t really go into detail except to say that I have the wrong character "petting the dog". If you’ve read Lew Hunter’s Screenwriting 434 then you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, sorry… you’ll have to read it!
I also read Syd Field’s Screenplay#–a good read, but I prefer the Hunter book. Either is a good choice if you’d like to know more about writing screenplays: I didn’t necessarily learn anything new, but I felt validated (turns out the method I came up with on my own is almost identical to the Hunter method).
I feel obligated to admit I didn’t buy either book: a friend of a friend is moving, clearing out excessive junk, and I was the lucky benefactor. I hadn’t read either tome, so I thought "What the hell? Why not?"
Tags: Books, Writing.
5 Comments so far
Guess what?! I want to come up and see you in July, if I can, but I don’t know. I might have to wait, but I really want to come up because I haven’t seen you in FOREVER! Plus, I need a break from Missouri life right now. I’m really stressed which isn’t helping my anemia and I can’t sleep at night…I’m a mess.
By Larey (Lynsey) on 06.24.05 @ 12:34 am
You need another costume person helping you sew…
Nicholas hollered back on 06.24.05 @ 1:10 pm
Helping me sew what?
By Larey (Lynsey) on 06.25.05 @ 1:08 pm
I read Lew Hunter’s 434 back in my early college years, but the only thing that stuck with me was the scene in his example script of the crazy girl smearing her poop on the wall to spell stuff. Brilliant!
By dan on 06.27.05 @ 1:58 pm
Yeah, that’s one of my favorite parts of the book. His alternative, when told that was a bit dirty, was having her use an… um… “pre-owned” “monthly female item”. Ewwwww…
Nicholas hollered back on 06.27.05 @ 2:05 pm
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