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Apr
11
2013
 
Writing Quote #38 (Jorge Luis Borges)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“What I have read is far more important than what I have written. For one reads what one likes—yet one writes not one would like to write but what one is able to write.“ Jorge Luis Borges This Craft of Verse H/T What 50-Famous Authors Want Us to Know about the Writing Process
Apr
10
2013
Writing Quote #37 (Hemingway)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” Ernest Hemingway 72 of the Best Quotes for Writers Tagged: Ernest Hemingway
Apr
10
2013
Writing Quote #36 (George Orwell)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither [...] Today marks the 1,500 post here on the blog Screenwriting from Iowa. Though it was more than five years ago when I started the blog Screenwriting from Iowa…and Other Unlikely Places, it just doesn’t seem like that long ago. I’m sure when I started I never thought I’d end up writing 1,500 posts. But that’s what [...] “I like to sit in the dark and enjoy movies. I think of old films as a resource of treasures. Movies have been made for 100 years, in color and black and white, in sound and silence, in wide-screen and the classic frame, in English and every other language. To limit yourself to popular hits [...] Since I’ve written the last few posts (and many over the years) about screenwriters and filmmakers who either start with theme, or how theme plays an important part of the stories they tell, here’s a Wes Anderson quote showing how creative people often take a 180 degree approach to what other people are doing: “If [...] “The more you can find a theme that unites the plot and the character and think about that theme as you’re writing, the better off you’ll be determining the story’s structure. Taxi Driver, is a brilliant example of this. A theme to that movie would be alienation leading to violence. You pick a character who [...]
Apr
02
2013
Theme = What Your Movie is Really AboutPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Theme is the most important element of a good screenplay. It’s the driving intention behind the film. It’s the message that the writer is trying to get across to the audience which, when effectively communicated, satisfies them, emotionally and analytically, and makes them feel they’ve just watched a good film. It is, in a single [...]
Apr
01
2013
Theme = Story’s Heart & SoulPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Theme is not only the spine and core of your movie but the Heart and Soul of your story. It’s the moral and lesson of your story that gives your screen or teleplay universal meaning. Ultimately, it’s what unifies your story and makes it emotionally significant. It’s your “voice” – it’s what you want to [...] “Winning takes care of everything.” Tiger Woods quote and now controversial Nike ad “It took me time to realize plot, characters and all that were important, but it really had to be about something.” Carl Foreman: “I read a lot of comedy screenplays and the disappointing thing—the reason most of them don’t work is because they’re [...] |
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