tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post3701650337867374852..comments2024-02-04T20:57:58.093-08:00Comments on Sex In A Submarine: Act 2 Conflict: Santa Fe Adventure 3wcmartellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075242897910568801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-77105063888241952822010-06-12T22:53:10.335-07:002010-06-12T22:53:10.335-07:00As far as which element in a screenplay is more im...As far as which element in a screenplay is more important, this is going to change depending on the type of film you're writing. Obviously in Apocalypto, dialogue wasn't the top priority, but that's different to say, Reality Bites (yes don't ask me why that film occurred to me). BTW I found this interesting post a little incoherent at times. Please think of your readers!<br /><br />W<br /><br />Zephyr -- a superhero webcomic in prose<br />http://wereviking.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-83958246307446592792010-06-12T08:29:13.495-07:002010-06-12T08:29:13.495-07:00You know that you're eating way too much proce...You know that you're eating way too much processed food right Bill?<br /><br />Even Subway is bad.Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143817211151177797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-85136860122298888012010-06-11T15:44:14.388-07:002010-06-11T15:44:14.388-07:00I'm a big fan of Josh Olson's ever since h...I'm a big fan of Josh Olson's ever since he wrote that "I will not read your screenplay" article.<br /><br />Funny, that you are talking about students in your class wanting to be ripped apart, but really wanting to be told they're brilliant. That's what Josh's article was all about.<br /><br />-- About the script consultant -- I had an epiphany when I was a reader. It was that things that I failed to do in my own writing I would condemn other scripts for. Also, scripts that may have handled similar material better than my own material, but not perfectly, would get overly knocked as well. <br />Scripts that were awful (and there were plenty) got ripped apart.<br /><br />I had to take a step back and realize condemning others wasn't making my writing any better. And that was the point I wanted to be a reader in the first place, to become a better writer. <br /><br />I started reading scripts like they were something I wanted to read. Before it was a chore, mainly because most scripts you encounter are pretty bad. Reading like every script had potential, even the worst. My critiques became much better and I started to see what the writers were trying to accomplish, rather than where they had failed.<br /><br />The script that turned me around was a Lawrence Kasdan script. It was pretty bad. But the writing was very good. The characters were interesting, heartfelt, and I knew the writer had a direction/journey he was taking me on from page 1. It was just that the story didn't work, and wasn't very entertaining.<br /><br />I had to somehow rectify good writing with a bad story.<br /><br />Good writing violates the "rules." It's as simple as that. If you go in with a preset template on what a script needs to be, you will never find a script that meets all these predetermined qualifications. But if you keep an open mind and see what works, and whether it has potential or not, the likelihood of finding a workable script is much higher.<br /><br />The problem is because there is such a high volume of scripts out there, closed minded script consultants get rewarded for saying no all the time.<br /><br />(Sorry, longer comment than I wanted it to be). LatesJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897402622057966364noreply@blogger.com