Writing Movies for Fun and Profit by Thomas Lennon & Robert B Garant

Author:Thomas Lennon & Robert B Garant [Lennon, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 2011-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

2. People will think you’re VAMPING—stalling, padding out the pages—because your story isn’t any good. People don’t go to the multiplex to see dappled moonlight. They go for STORY, ACTION, and great CHARACTERS.

GET TO THE POINT.

Keep your descriptions very brief and very clear. No one wants flowery prose. The point of your descriptions is not to look good on the page. The point is to describe things in a way that makes everything VERY easy to picture. Easy to picture for people who’ve already read ten terrible scripts that day BEFORE yours. People who might not be the brightest potato on the porch in the first place. There aren’t a lot of actors and directors in Mensa—keep it simple, stupid.

If it takes longer than an hour to read your script—NO ONE IN HOLLYWOOD WILL HAVE THE FOCUS FINISH TO IT. Dialogue reads FAST. Your paragraphs of descriptions should read faster. Most of the movie stars you hope will read your script CARE ONLY ABOUT THEIR DIALOGUE.

When writing description in your movie, Think Hemingway—not Joyce.

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