Screenwriting From Iowa

“Coincidence may mean exposition is in the wrong place, i.e. if you establish the too-convenient circumstances before they become dramatically necessary, then we feel no sense of coincidence. Use coincidence to get your characters into trouble, not out of trouble.” Writer/director Alexander Mackendrick (Sweet Smell of Success, The Ladykillers) On-Filmmaking: An Introduction to the Craft of [...]

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