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Thanks everyone. I’ve completed about 40 pages and I was wanting some feedback before I finished it. I guess the best thing to do is finish it, register it then show it around I guess. I feel pretty good about my dialogue but I think my structure could use some help. When I finish it we’ll...

I let friends/family read my script and they say it’s great, but we all know what that’s worth. I want to let people who “know” what they are talking about read it, but I guess I’m too paranoid that someone will steal my idea or just a line. I’ve already experienced this with one scene that I...

Maybe you should pitch it to Disney. :P

My painting professor in college told me that there are two kinds of artists. One enjoys the process/journey. Almost to the point of not being concerned if they ever finish. The other enjoys the finished product and almost detests the journey getting there.

It does sound interesting... it immediately reminded me of "From Dusk Till Dawn." That's not necessarily bad... it's just what popped into my head.

Thanks everyone...this is helping. This is a spec script. I have the Screenwriter’s Bible and it helps a lot, but it seems to contradict a few things my Final Draft software does. The Bible says don’t use (cont’d) when dialogue is broken up then continues and my Final draft does that...

Thanks everyone. Can you put stuff like: David pauses and scratches his head. or David shakes his head and looks dejected. Is that getting into directing the actor? When I have a string of dialogue I feel like I need to insert stuff like that to get the mood. Should I or is that a waste?

I feel good about my story and dialogue, but I think my descriptions are lacking. Is there some reading you would suggest or some examples to help me with this part of my writing? Sometimes I don't know what to put...when to put it... or if to put anything at all.

Thanks everyone. That's kind of what I have in mind. Working out a schedule and sticking to it like a job. In about three weeks my girlfriend is going over seas for a year to study for her masters. So I'm a little consumed with spending time with her. But for the last few weeks I've been...

Especially those who still have day jobs. How do you balance your job, girlfriend and writing? Do you have a solid schedule that you stick to no matter what or do you just write whenever you can? I know it’s important to write every day, but I was wondering how most handled that.

Thanks, yeah, I need to chop up the first 4 minutes or so. If you get bored watching it just jump ahead to about the 5 minute mark and it gets a little more interesting. A lot of the technical issues we have are because we don't have any idea what we are doing. I'm more of an idea type guy...

My friend and I like to make movies just for fun. We have no delusions of grandeur of being great at this, but we have fun. This is one we made one Saturday called Conundrum. It has some sound issues. It's mostly some low dialogue. I need to go back and remix it I think. So when they start...

1. Office Space (The smartest comedy ever...period) 2. The Thin Red Line 3. Good Will Hunting 4. Pulp Fiction 5. Magnolia 6. Days Of Heaven 7. SE7EN 8. Badlands 9. Rounders(not sure why, but I find myself watching it often.) 10. 21 Grams

I've read it in several How to screenwriting books. Warranted or not, I don't think "internet amateurs" are just making it up out of thin air. I also think they say that just so beginners won't make the mistake of putting directions and camera angles all over the place. I doubt if someone...

indie, Do you have any suggestions? This is a spec.

Clive, Thanks! I think the part when you said, (His being alone was metaphorical) is key. I think without that the reader would get confused and I didn't know how to do that without saying, "hey everybody, this guys isn't really alone he's just kind of imagining his alone cause it represents...

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Thanks for the help. Also, I have The Screenwriter's Bible. Is that a good book for the nuts and bolts? One other question, what’s with the “no voice over” I keep hearing. Is that a joke or something? Terrence Malick using voice over in all of his movies. 21 grams, which I thought was a...

I’ve written about 6 short films and I wasn’t really worried about how technically sound the scripts were because it was just me and my friend shooting them. Now I want to give it a good 100-120 page effort and I have a few questions: 1. I have Final Draft version 6. Is there a major...