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"You obviously have a strong artistic vision, but perhaps you forgot that this commission was for a toothpaste commercial?"  |
Keep all commercials at a G rating, but anything else, even TV, go for Hard R!
You can do it!!
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Pastor (reply) |
Posted by: Fausto
Date Posted: Today, 1:16pm |
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Logan,
good description of the exorcism ritual. Well written But complicated to produce at shoestring level.
My best,
Fausto |
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Libby,
Thanks for the lightning notice. Good to know going forward. Guess that just slipped.
There are plenty of times my kids make my blood boil and I need to restrain myself. Any my oldest is eight. So I figure once a kid hits his teenage years then it won’t be that big a deal. Or would it? I don’t know. Sure feels good blowing off steam.
FD 10. I never used FD 9, so it’s all new to me. Honestly, I just wanted a clear upgrade in font, believe it or not. A few people said my formatting seems off in some of my old scripts, and, truthfully, the spacing did seem off. So, it’s def an upgrade, and they say all the big shots in Hollywood use it. Funny, but it’s not working. I feel I should’ve had my million dollar seller b...
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"You obviously have a strong artistic vision, but perhaps you forgot that this commission was for a toothpaste commercial?" |
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Go for hard R rating each and every time.
Include graphic violence, full nudity, and lots of sex.
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Never heard of Writer's Duet. Anyone have any experience with it?
Zack
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The desktop app is good, the mobile app is dreadful, at least on Android, or at least on my phone (Samsung s .
The keyboard disappears when you press return, it crashes. It's extremely buggy.
Fade in, Celtx, Dubscript have been better in my experience if mobile writing is something you do. |
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My apologies, I somehow missed that you said the magic word Fountain. Yes, I�m familiar with John August�s excellent program, though your post did neglect to mention that you need Fountain or the syntax won�t do anything, and anyone who doesn’t know it won’t know what you mean. But you are 100% correct, it will format everything for you.
I still recommend having screenwriting software that has production tools and getting familiar with it. Hopefully you�ll need it some day.
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Fountain is not a program.
Fountain is the syntax.
Anything written in that syntax, anywhere, gets automatically translated into industry standard format when you stick it into a screenwriting package. ...
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| Nice one Warren, congratulations! |
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| It's free to try Zack, give it a whirl |
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Snake Cam (reply) |
Posted by: LC
Date Posted: Yesterday, 11:08pm |
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Hello, Mr Clark.
Nice. Made me laugh, so mission accomplished.
The pedant in me draws your attention to 'lightning fast', not 'lightening' - unless of course he's getting his hair done.
And one final qualm: Father to son, right? 'You son of a bitch' sounds a bit harsh to my ear.
That said: Congrats on the quick pick up!
How do you rate FD10, then?
Improvements worth updating?
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Hey David,
Thanks for giving this a look. Happy you were able to get some enjoyment out of it. I agree that this needs something more, so hopefully I can improve this with a rewrite.
Thanks again.
Zack |
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Scar is a maverick who is happy with his own system... but for everyone else I'd recommend Writer's Duet at the free end of things and Fade In if you are willing to spend a little...
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Never heard of Writer's Duet. Anyone have any experience with it?
Zack |
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Forgive (Simon?),
Thanks for your nice comments earlier. Much appreciated.
David,
Thanks for reading. Appreciate the kind words. Let me know if you have something new on the boards you want looked at.
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It WAS on my to do list.
Doing casting, direction, production, and writing for a number of projects right now. This was exported from docs instead of SR software.
Sorry, so sorry.
I'll be honest, it was so far away from my mind I forgot about the poor quality of the design. I just needed to get it timestamped so I uploaded it. |
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| One of our mods used to always write in Word. It was formatted correctly, but still never looked right. That is however, the only time I've ever been so distracted by the scripts not looking right, that it bugged me. I haven't run into that type of experience with anyone else's scripts here in years regardless of what software you have used. Ultimately though... everyone is looking for a GREAT story. |
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Write in Fountain syntax:
ZACK
Which are the best screenwriting programs?
RICK
Fuck 'em all, stick with wordpad.
And even this site is a screenwriting program. I find everything else unnecessarily limiting at this point.
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My apologies, I somehow missed that you said the magic word Fountain. Yes, I�m familiar with John August�s excellent program, though your post did neglect to mention that you need Fountain or the syntax won�t do anything, and anyone who doesn’t know it won’t know what you mean. But you are 100% correct, it will format everything for you.
I still recommend having screenwriting software that has production tools and getting fa...
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No particular set way.
Idea creation: I have a huge list of different ways of creating stories and I sometimes just sit and write lists of dozens of ideas that would make interesting films.
Brainstorming. From just bashing down everything I think of, or even parts of scenes in a text file in Dropbox, to using a software package to plot things: it depends on the project. Simple horror stories I find the linear Contour useful, deeper stories I often use Dramatica Pro. I've found that no software package, or book, on their own is definitive, but used together and with one's own knowledge they can become greater than the sum of their parts.
Over time I've also created my own little system based on all the books and softwar...
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Don't do this.
Screenwriting software formats everything to industry standard so you don't have to spend time or thought on it and can just concentrate on writing. And if you think industry standard doesn't matter, good luck to you.
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Rick stares aghast at the screen!
RICK
(BEAT)
How very dare him.
Rick turns to his long suffering girlfriend, still bearing the scars from her last beating.
RICK
You won't believe what this schmuck is saying.
BEATEN GIRLFRIEND (O.S)
Whh..whut?
Fountain is Industry Standard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(markup_language)
Every screenwriting software on the planet takes it, and every single co...
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| Thanks, James. |
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| Nice!! Fingers crossed it all works out. |
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Thanks everyone for the kind words.
I don't want to get ahead of myself but I feel like this has a really good chance of coming to fruition. |
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| I can see Warren's website just fine... |
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Oops - just noticed that this has garnered a few comments that I've not responded to, apols one and all!
This one was written as a one-page challenge, so intentionally quick and to the point.
I'm planning a re-write of this and a few of my other one pages, written for same challenge, in the not too distant future. So many thanks for all your thoughts and suggestions. |
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Scar is a maverick who is happy with his own system... but for everyone else I'd recommend Writer's Duet at the free end of things and Fade In if you are willing to spend a little...
I use the latter, also with Fade In you can open previous script PDFs directly and it keeps the formatting intact too. |
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There is definitely some value in keeping a future-proof copy of your work, but I also would suggest finding out how much formatting help you're willing to pay for (in money and fitting-your-workflow-to-the-tool annoyance) for your main file.
I got a good discount on Final Draft, so I use that to store the script alongside the Beat Board (electronic index cards) inside the same file. WGA accepts .fdx files, which can establish that certain ideas were part of your project as of a certain date. The issue is now I need to ensure I have something that can open .fdx files even if I later migrate to something else. |
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The first guide I read regarding story structure was the M.H. storymaster one (don't know if it's OK to link the website).
Long story short it goes like this:
Story setup>opportunity>new situation>turning point/plot twist>point of no return>aftermath
So I write those scenes first, then I fill up the rest. This has worked pretty well for two of my features, not so good for the other two.
Regarding the latter, sometimes I struggle to 'create/discover' one or more of those elements. As a result various things in those scripts feel a bit forced.. even to me. This is why I guess, I have to write even more, or just find a better guide lol. |
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Congratulations!
btw, your website is down/not working. Ignore this, working fine right now
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Fixed the broken link.
Don |
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There was a big discussion about this before, but I don't use anything other than a standard txt file, these days.
I find it's easier to achieve 'flow" and it has complete cross compatibility between all programs, all computers and is future proof.
Write in Fountain syntax:
ZACK
Which are the best screenwriting programs?
RICK
Fuck 'em all, stick with wordpad.
And even this site is a screenwriting program. I find everything else unnecessarily limiting at this point. |
Don't do this.
Screenwriting software formats everything to industry standard so you don't have to spend time or thought on it and can just concentrate on writing. And if you t...
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Hi guys, I'm new here, though I've lurked for a bit and really enjoyed reading your discourse.
I have a big ol' magnetic board in my garage, and I cut up tons of 3x5 pieces of cardboard, covered them with dry erase paper, stuck a magnet on the back of them and use them as magnetic index cards. Therefor I can write up a bunch of scenes and place them here and there, wherever I want. I have a big dry erase board beside it that I write down themes, character ideas, fun quotes, complications, timelines, whatever.
But first, I come up with an idea that really gets me.
After blasting music and scribbling tons of scenes on my magnet and dry erase boards, I'll get on the computer and start organizing them, starting by writing a...
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