Dreamscale, I've seven days of bits-N-pieces time to rough,write&edit 30-40 pages, punch up my (commercially successful, unheard of) action thriller female lead, obliterate the neutrality of the supporting actor pair by inflating them into fantastically likable people (I gotta turn Axel Foley into two people and Rosewood/Taggart into the lead), breath life into Frankenstein's Monster of the sleeper co-lead who's about to pair up with the primary lead to kill everyone, especially the bad guy.

So, I thought I'd have a care as how I pull that off.
A stitch in time...

I'm baking.

I feel sorry for women.
It's d@mn difficult for a woman to speak and act with the confidence and assumption of correctness, that men throw about carelessly, without sounding like a b!tch.
It's just difficult.
Being a guy is easy.
And I'm not even going to start on my "women's biology" rant.

Also, I have an idea for the opening credits sequence, but word around the water hole is directors often like to farm that out to someone else or create their own.
Any one have any corroborating or refuting POVs on that?

TY

Opening and closing credits, as well as title insertion is one of those things "you're not supposed to do".

BUT...I've been known to do it.  I wouldn't worry about such a thing in this regard, especially if you're still worrying about completing your script on time.

I think the old adage, walk before you run, is a perfect thing to throw out in this regard, just like "don't break the rules until you understand the rules".

Quoted from RayW I feel sorry for women. It's d@mn difficult for a woman to speak and act with the confidence and assumption of correctness, that men throw about carelessly, without sounding like a b!tch.

Biggest problem I see when men write women is that they either make them sound and act like guys. Cursing all the time and doing gross things or they write them the way they fantasize about women. The latter is better, but still hard to believe. The former just makes most women cringe. A female lead can shoot a gun or fight like the guys, but should not cuss like a sailer and spit for example.

Unless, of course, she has something in her mouth that she just can't quite swallow...otherwise, no spitting!

Agreed!

Pia,
Thank GOD!
Doing just that.
Not scratching her balls, or anything.

I want her professional, competent and smart.
Her arc is supposed to be moving from "too much" professional to "Loosen up - but only a bit" Insert wink and smirk here.
No corny Miss Congeniality fumbling bad a$$.
I want her to move from a mature Clarice Starling into a Axel Foley.

Would YOU like to see a professional woman in the company of professional men WHO DO SWEAR stand apart by A: not swearing at all, B: only comparable to them and certainly not trying to out-do them or C: Limit it to sparse, basic "Sh!t!" and "Damn!"?

Quoted from Grandma Bear Biggest problem I see when men write women is that they either make them sound and act like guys. Cursing all the time and doing gross things or they write them the way they fantasize about women. The latter is better, but still hard to believe. The former just makes most women cringe. A female lead can shoot a gun or fight like the guys, but should not cuss like a sailer and spit for example.

I've met a woman that cusses like a sailor and spits.  She has a mustache too.  She's very cool.

Quoted from mcornetto I've met a woman that cusses like a sailor and spits.  She has a mustache too.  She's very cool.

Does her cool mustache tickle?

You guys are hilarious, seems like this thread is starting to get hi-jacked.

Just finished my Act II on page 87. My proposed page length of 110-120 seems pretty good right now.

I think I'll be able to finish it.

I'm just touching Act II. I already know what to write for act ii and act iii so hopefully I can zoom pass those. I'm considering in not submitting mines on sept 4 since I think need to do a lot of revision. lol. But that's my progress so far.  

If anyone wants any help, suggestions, or even a quick read through, let me know ASAP, as I have some spare time today, as my girlfriend is taking a day trip with her grandson (and dropping him off with his Mom and Dad), so I'm here...and available.

Let me know...

Ray, if your female characters need to curse, I'd prefer them saying just damn.

But again, in Memento, can you count how many fucks Carrie-Ann Moss's character said?

Honestly, women swear.  I worked with this girl at Victoria Police (no mustache and not a lesbian either)  and every other word out of her mouth was fuck.  Mind you this is Australia and language isn't as much of an issue here, unless you say aboriginal because that really pisses a lot of people off.

Michael, I know there are some women like that, but in general, women look down at women like that. It is far from the norm.

Women will do what attracts men. Usually that means acting feminine, not like a trucker buddy...

Guess it depends on the person. My brother's wife swears but not nearly as much as my brother. Same with my mom. When they both swear, it's a lot, but it's not very often.