Please, for the love of whiskey, don't ever use this.


**It tastes just like chicken.**

Thanks

Feel free to add more such expressions.

Mary ate her fish dinner, wishing he had ordered the chicken.

BOB (40), a senior bank manager, walks along the beach...



Phil

...and that's when Amanda discovered her special purpose....

I'm getting too old for this sh*t.

See you in Hell.

I'm already booked, Ryan, so hopefully the beer ain't too warm. Oh, you mean don't use that. Ok, that too.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Quoted from mcornetto Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Conventional weapons are useless against it.

JOHN walks into the dining room.

MAUREEN (40), JOSEPH (40), MAGGIE (35), THERESA (33), LIZZIE (30), TRACY (25), DONNA (27), BRIAN (20), KATIE (40), JAMES (35), SALLY (50), MICHAEL (55), BEN (25) and STEVE (20) sit around the table, eating.

Christ, I hate that!


Phil

Quoted from leitskev Please, for the love of whiskey, don't ever use this. **It tastes just like chicken.**

I have used that one, but it was sort of making fun of it. It was a very sick script...  

Parody is acceptable. I heard the line in a film today, and it annoyed me.

Quoted from leitskev Parody is acceptable.

But resistance is futile.

Let's get out of here!

Don't you die on me.

Quoted from Ryan1 See you in Hell.

Yes-yes, Ryan. It's a date. What table? I personally like the corners, but the middle will be fine too, if that's your preference.

Can we make sure everyone has nametags? That way I have a reference point from 2011?

Thanks a bunch,

G-d love ya!

Sandra

Don't trust name tags in hell.

Quoted from leitskev Don't trust name tags in hell.

That might be a very good and new byline.  

Sandra

I'm going to use that instead of Fade In from now on.

We see an unfilmable.


As the camera pans across the filthy unkempt room, beer bottles, pizza boxes, bags of chips, etc. we see that the sleeping and obviously intoxicated Sean Connery look-alike was likely not breast fed by his mother, Pam (40-ish, like Marisa Tomei 40, not Kirstie Alley 40).

We've got company!

Stay out my room, Ray, not gonna tell you again. No filming there.

Kev, I always suspected about you and Sean Connery (or at least his look a like.)  Now I have written proof.

Lol unfortunately the only thing I have in common with Connery is fading follicles and a taste for scotch!

Quoted from leitskev Stay out my room, Ray, not gonna tell you again. No filming there.

Sorry.
I thought it was the bathroom.

(Ray stumbles back into Kev's common law legal-enough daughter's trailer bedroom).

You know what you're problem is?
I'll tell you what your problem is!

Ugh.

E.D.

It's all about the money. Follow the money.

You just don't get it, do you?

Quoted from Pii Don't you die on me.

There are some things worse than death.

I call it... 'The Aristocrats!'

We see a screenwriter staring at the brutality of a blinking cursor on an expansive empty page of celtx.

He pulls a drag from a cigarette, blows dragon smoke from his nostrils, then stabs it out among the dirty flower arrangement of other filters.

Finally he types.

On screen we see him crafting a story of nubile filmmakers making their first horror story.

At a cabin.

In the woods.

Where they will die one by one.

We see the writer's narcissism consumes him.


(Excuse me while I go vomit... )

Not original, but -

"We've got to act NOW!"

One thing I detest in films is when a couple, in dire circumstances (inc end of the world) stop to talk about their feelings and their relationship.

That's a perfect example, Simon.

I used a couple in a script today:

"They'll be sittin' ducks!"

and

"I know I can count on you."

INT. WOLVERINE - NIGHT

I'll be back.

"stop screwing around"

"quit goofin' on me"

"not on my watch"

"there was this guy with a burned face and knives for fingers"

"I want your badge and gun"

"he's the BEST there is!"

I've got a bad feeling about this.

The use of "chiseled" drives me wild. Guess I've just seen it too often.

Sandra

Personally, I have decided to stop using 'Well' and 'What?'

WELL is hugely obnoxious.  I've never seen a piece of dialog that wouldn't be vastly improved without it.

"Well, just let me think about it."  Ugh!

WHAT is even worse.  The problem with WHAT is that people use it all the time in real life, so it sounds so natural when you put it in a script.

Tim:  Sorry I'm late but I had to stop a kill a family of four on my way to the office.

Sandra:  What?

See?  What does Tim do here?  Repeat the story over?  My personal rule is that everybody hears everything perfectly the first time and responds accordingly.

Tim:  Sorry I'm late but i had to stop and kill a family of four on my way to the office.
Sandra:  How are the anger management classes going?

Maybe not perfect.  But ANYTHING is better than WHAT.  Banish it!  Banished I say!

Quoted from conwall Personally, I have decided to stop using 'Well' and 'What?' WELL is hugely obnoxious.  I've never seen a piece of dialog that wouldn't be vastly improved without it. "Well, just let me think about it."  Ugh! WHAT is even worse.  The problem with WHAT is that people use it all the time in real life, so it sounds so natural when you put it in a script. Tim:  Sorry I'm late but I had to stop a kill a family of four on my way to the office. Sandra:  What? See?  What does Tim do here?  Repeat the story over?  My personal rule is that everybody hears everything perfectly the first time and responds accordingly. Tim:  Sorry I'm late but i had to stop and kill a family of four on my way to the office. Sandra:  How are the anger management classes going? Maybe not perfect.  But ANYTHING is better than WHAT.  Banish it!  Banished I say!

A very very good piece of advice. I'm sure we can always find exceptions, but in every way, we need to learn to cut excess out unless it's applicable somehow to character or flavor and spice of the story in general. We need to learn to make that judgement call based upon the individual story/characters in question.

Good post, Conwall. Definitely brings something to the table to think about.

Sandra

I can't quit you...

You had me at hello...

You can be my wing man...

Is there a Doctor in the house?

It's not over until I say it's over...

You're my wife Damnit...

Never give up

Freedom...

Ugh.

S

I don't know when or where this thread was turned into "Phrases or sayings" you don't use in a screenplay -- but "WORDS" you don't use in a screenplay are as followed

Is
Are
The
That
Then
Walk
Sit(s)
Stand(s)
Look(s)
Of The
Just
Begin(s)
Start(s)
Really
Very
Suddenly
Quickly
Hesitantly
Instantly

And many, many, many more...   Avoiding "THE" was the hardest thing for me to do until I found out these past 6 months it's not in reference to only in passing.

Balt-

I guess from the first thread where...

**It tastes just like chicken.**

was the example used.

Maybe the name of the thread should have been differient.

Shawn.....><

Quoted from Ledbetter Balt- Maybe the name of the thread should have been differient. Shawn.....><

"I'd buy that for a dollar..."

Oh wait... Don't use that either.

Quoted from Baltis. I don't know when or where this thread was turned into "Phrases or sayings" you don't use in a screenplay -- but "WORDS" you don't use in a screenplay are as followed Is Are The That Then Walk Sit(s) Stand(s) Look(s) Of The Just Begin(s) Start(s) Really Very Suddenly Quickly Hesitantly Instantly And many, many, many more...   Avoiding "THE" was the hardest thing for me to do until I found out these past 6 months it's not in reference to only in passing.

It's a good list, but I know it doesn't work in the real world of screenwriting. And this is why:

Sometimes, the best word to use is:

Look/s

as opposed to trying to get fancy.

I don't think it's the words themselves that are at fault, but writers who use the easy words consistently without thinking. That's the problem. And yeah...

Just

That's a really useless one.

Sandra

Ha!

Hey-

In your AVATAR...

It seems...YOU'RE REACHING FOR THE STARS MA..

Shawn.....><

Quoted from Ledbetter Ha! Hey- In your AVATAR... It seems...YOU'RE REACHING FOR THE STARS MA.. Shawn.....><

Nope, he's getting ready to scrub the sink with Comet.  

Sandra

Poor Reindeer...

Shawn.....><

Quoted from Ledbetter Poor Reindeer... Shawn.....><

How 'bout Old Dutch? Ajax?

Sandra

Quoted from Baltis. I don't know when or where this thread was turned into "Phrases or sayings" you don't use in a screenplay -- but "WORDS" you don't use in a screenplay are as followed Is Are The That Then Walk Sit(s) Stand(s) Look(s) Of The Just Begin(s) Start(s) Really Very Suddenly Quickly Hesitantly Instantly And many, many, many more...   Avoiding "THE" was the hardest thing for me to do until I found out these past 6 months it's not in reference to only in passing.

Hey, what do you know! We agree 100% on something!

One of my pet peeves is "just". He just stands there! She just walks away!

He or she "starts" to do something! Either they are doing it or not.

I also agree with 'ly words. I occasionally use them myself, but very seldom. Pet peeve here being "slowly"!!! I hate it!!

I know this will irritate some people, but I also feel the word "and" could be cut down, but maybe that's just me.

Sandra,

OLD DUTCH and AJAX sound like a couple of cops gone bad.

Old Dutch being the nice cop and AJAX being the abrasive one...

But it works! LOL

Shawn.....><

Quoted from Ledbetter Sandra, OLD DUTCH and AJAX sound like a couple of cops gone bad. Old Dutch being the nice cop and AJAX being the abrasive one... But it works! LOL Shawn.....><

Ok, wait. Have you ever cleaned a sink before? Do you shop for abrasive cleansers?  

I have house keep to do that.

But I hear it's fun...

Gloves and all.

Shawn.....><

Quoted from Ledbetter I have house keep to do that. But I hear it's fun... Gloves and all. Shawn.....><

Truthfully, I don't mind it at all. I guess it's the same reason I don't mind polishing scripts. I just need to clone myself though because I run out of time to do all of the the good stuff I have planned.

Maybe Old Dutch and Ajax can become Fairy God Fellows helping with that.

Sandra

My avatar is of me reenacting "the flaming gloves of sigmund" right before I had to clean my daughters paint off the floor and wall.  But I've been known to keep a tidy house and feel no shame in moping, cleaning or scrubing.  

Sandra...

Well played!

Good names for a script. Eh?

Shawn.....><

Balt-

It could also be you just about asking an elephant to cough.

Okay-Okay, I clean house too. I dont have House keep. There, you happy.

In fact, I do the cooking as well and love it.

Shawn....><

Quoted from Baltis. My avatar is of me reenacting "the flaming gloves of sigmund" right before I had to clean my daughters paint off the floor and wall.  But I've been known to keep a tidy house and feel no shame in moping, cleaning or scrubing.

Balt, is your birthday in June by any chance?

Sandra

I actually like cleaning.  Dunno why???  I only cook meatloaf... can't cook anything else.  I can grill to a degree, but often feel better if someone more capable is there to do it for me.  

Yes, my birthday is in June.

Quoted from Baltis. I actually like cleaning.  Dunno why???  I only cook meatloaf... can't cook anything else.  I can grill to a degree, but often feel better if someone more capable is there to do it for me.   Yes, my birthday is in June.

Does that make me psychic? Or does that just make me a good reader?

I really thought twice about asking that question, but I really felt that connection and so thus

Had to ask.

No wonder I feel a big echo when you speak.  

I always appreciate your posts. Even when... (well you know when...) Sometimes (quite regularly) I go off the deep end, too.

No worries,

Sandra