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"I think the above answers do a very good job of answering the first part of your question--IE, what is the theory that you heard described? But they don't answer an important part of your question: is that theory true?
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2 weeks ago
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"The Writers Guild of America is the union that all film & TV writers for major studios/networks belong to. According to their statistics, only about 50% of their members have any sort of film or TV work in any given year--and, remember, the..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"I'm not Asian, but I'm the son/grandson/great-grandson of immigrants, and I think certain patterns are common in all immigrant familes. So I maybe have at least a rough sense of what you're going through.
I think there's a common thing where..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"I'm going to have to offer a partial dissent. I got a Masters' degree in screenwriting, worked as a TV writer for several years, and just made my first feature film screenplay sale, and I've never used anything other than Word templates...." [
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"I'm another working screenwriter, and unSane's advice is very good. I have some additional thoughts, but first, a question:
Do you really, really, really want to do this?
Because right now, there are tens of thousands of people living in Los..." [
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3 months ago
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"My first book will be published in November 2005, and the sequel to it will be coming out in Spring 2006. Both books are humor books, rather than novels, but I'm guessing that the process is similar. Here are the steps that I'd advise for anybody..." [
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4 months ago
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"OK, I'm back.
I see from your profile that you're in the Washington, DC, area. Once you decide that you are really serious about pursuing a career in film, you will pretty much have to move to Los Angeles. Yes, film production goes on all around..." [
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5 months ago
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"For now, don't worry too much about making contacts. Worry about getting good enough so that, when you do make contacts, you'll have something impressive to show them.
In other words:
Make a short film. Make another. Make another.
As a..." [
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5 months ago
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"I'm a screenwriter. When I decided that I really wanted to be serious about pursuing this career, I took all the "Greatest Films" lists I could find, glommed them together, and generated a new list of every film that appeared on 3 or more..." [
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8 months ago
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"Headspace has done an excellent job of summarizing the issues in this strike.
Just to give some additional context, it might be helpful to know a bit about the economic situation of your average screenwriter. Fortunately, the Writers' Guild of..." [
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10 months ago
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"Oh, and just in response to the "Who cares if screenwriters suck? They're all hacks" thing that sometimes gets thrown around...
I highly recommend reading Crap Plus One, an essay by screenwriter Terry Rossio, which talks about the many..." [
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11 months ago
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"Assuming the weather is nice, I would second the South Bank. One itinerary is to take the Tube to Embankment, then walk across the Thames. Ride the Eye, and then walk along the South Bank towards the Tate Modern, stopping off at Borough Market along..." [
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11 months ago
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"I think women often put up with behavior from their spouses or boyfriends that makes them miserable because they think that's how all men (or, at least, most men), behave. So--even though I'm repeating something that's been said by many others..." [
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"I grew up in the US and moved to the UK five years ago.
In my experience, the UK is top-notch for two kinds of medical problems:
1. Problems that do not require specialized expertise or equipment. If I have (say) an ear infection, I can walk..." [
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"Sorry about the delay! My Internet connection was down, and then... Er... Well, I forgot.
Anyway, after some reflection, it seemed like a relevant and clearly identified self-link was better than dumping a 200-line comment into a thread. So, I've..." [
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"You may want to check out The Government Manual for New Superheroes, a fake guidebook in the humor section...
I'm the co-author of The Government Manual for New Superheroes. I gave up reading AskMe a while ago because it was getting too addictive..." [
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Last year
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"Just to add a bit to the excellent advice you've already gotten:
If you haven't been to DC in many years, you should know that it is MUCH safer than it was in the late 80s and early 90s (when I was growing up there.) Neighborhoods which once were..." [
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Last year
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"Hmmm... What might I have done to anger a dab? Would a dab have been angry about my wasting energy by running water too hot?
Also, I keep loosely kosher, so I would rather not sacrifice a pig. Plus, I live in a somewhat Jewish part of London, so..." [
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Two years ago
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"I think part of what makes this decision tough is that you are really asking yourself two different questions at once. It might be easier if you break them down.
First question: is being a professional actor the one single thing in life that can..." [
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Two years ago
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"Why are you writing?
If you're writing just as a hobby to entertain yourself, then all the advice about "Don't worry about being original" is 100% right-on.
However, if you are (or hope to be) a professional writer, then that sort of..." [
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Two years ago
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"Once upon a time, I would have told you it was utterly hopeless. For many years, the conventional route to selling a pilot was:
1. Write a sample script for an existing show, to prove that you can create interesting and entertaining stories in a..." [
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Two years ago
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"The Internet Archive has tons of free stock footage.
2-pop is an excellent source of info on digital video.
For how-to stuff on writing, there are a ton of screenwriting blogs, but I think the most useful (and one of the oldest) is Wordplayer,..." [
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