The adventures of a professional screenwriter and frequent film festival jurist, slogging through the trenches of Hollywood, writing movies that you have never heard of, and getting no respect.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Mamet Memo
David Mamet sent this nice little memo to the writers of THE UNIT, which contains all of the basics of screenwriting in very few words...
That's like a whole screenwriting course in a page.
- Bill
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
TODAY'S SCRIPT TIP: COINCIDENCES - How many can I have in my script? Are bad coincidences okay? Dinner: Movie Hot Dog... Bicycle: Short ride. Pages: Couple of pages.
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