We readers get so many predictable #scripts.
Avoid cliché. Shock and surprise us.

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Last call to Philmscribers who want to shout about their writing wins in the past year. If you want your successes featured in my soon-to-be-released Christmas edition of my Bulletin, do please get in touch either via DM or http://philmscribe.com/contact

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I do that already but yeah this might be helpful.
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RT @Jamie_Nash
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https://twitter.com/Jamie_Nash/status/1587501256595103745

I celebrate finishing a script by pouring it into a word cloud, to see what happens... And maybe what it's about!

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Snip! Snip! Snap!

The joy of pruning a script back, back, back...

To the snappy essentials!

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Dunno about you, but I get a lot of my best ideas when I'm waiting for the water to boil.

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Photo: Gianpiero Ferraro

As someone who scribbles, would love to follow more working #screenwriters, producers, directors, editors, actors etc, who are here on #Mastodon. Love connecting and networking with film and TV folk. Hoping more of the professional screenwriters, directors and producers I know via Twitter will come migrate over here soon. Will try to persuade them to anyway. Would appreciate any recommendations. Many thanks in advance. 😊#scriptchat #amwriting

As a scribble myself I would love to follow more working #screenwriters, producers, directors, editors, actors etc etc here on #Mastodon. Love to connect and network with film and TV folk. Would appreciate any recommendations. Many thanks in advance. 😊#scriptchat

All of them. The sadistic teacher, creepy boss, useless brother, backstabbing colleague, cheating lover, false friend.

You can just put up with them, or...

Grow up to be a writer, put them in a play & get your revenge.

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Boys on bikes.

'Over there, past the lights. See the feds?'

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*Thanks to my friend Suzie for noticing this one!

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Note to the maths police. I've borrowed this symbol as an editing mark for looping scenes.*

Hope that's OK, I'm finding it very empowering.

*scenes where different iterations of the same thing happen again & again & the story won't move on

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Screenwriters: think Japanese when developing your characters. Flaws are beautiful.

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If any screenwriter wants to talk about their screenplay with me, my door is open.

Well, not open, unlocked. It's cold.

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#Screenwriters, do you find having a second PC screen useful when writing, editing working with notes? Someone suggested I should invest in a larger screen and split it so notes etc are still separate but on the same screen. Thoughts/input appreciated. #scriptchat

EXT. THE HIDEOUT - DAY
And FINALLY I thank Butch and Sundance in overseeing the first stages of research and planning during the long hot summer of 2022. 🤠 🤠

The first draft of the first episode is coming thru.👍

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Hoping all you scribes of page and screen are having a stellar weekend whether it's resting after a productive week or wresting a creative gem from your Muse.

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Long speeches are a luxury for characters.

In life nobody gets to tell their story. We stop listening after ten seconds.

So to find a compelling *reason* for a character to tell their story? That's the tricky bit.

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First draft advice: it's only the beginning. It doesn't have to be perfect. Just get the sand in that box.

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A gentle reminder that I am here for any writer out there who feels they need a shoulder, an ear, or an eagle eye on their work.

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