Recently, there was a question from a man in another group on how to write women. It garnered him some unfair criticism and he was berated for things that "he should already know" or "He shouldn't be trying to write women if he's asking that type of question" blah, blah, blah
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Hi there! Screenwriter / Filmmaker aka producer / director / AD / editor and, if necessary, FX/ make-up/ wardrobe / foley artist. (Ya do what it takes to get the film made in the indie world, right?) Recent Page Award winner in the action feature category. I love writing but looking forward to getti...
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just trying to nail a Logline for action/comedy I am nearing the end of. Just thought I'd take break from the script as I work to some details, and try Logline out. Please help.
An ugly duckling and unpopular FBI agent is given the task of protecting a very attractive witness in an organised crime ca...
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Your main character feels a bit passive and his witness more active and interesting. She's being hunted after all and feels extreme urgency to attend her high school reunion. What's his goal? Redempti...
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Pete Whiting I agree with Dan MaxXx. There are two plots. I suggest focusing on the main goal. Chaun Lee makes some great points too.
Here’s a logline template that might help: “After ______ (the incit...
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I have just submitted a pitch and screenplay based on my book For the Greater Good. It is a thriller based in Yemen where a CIA black ops specialist goes and on finding his brother dead decides to avenge his death by taking out the self proclaimed president who seems bent on taking the country into...
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Colin Guest best of luck with your pitch!
Many thanks for your comment. As I always say, If you don't try, you will never know if you could be successful. After all, nothing ventured nothing gained. I have a couple of other of my books, both...
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Good luck and let us know how everything goes!
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Thank you so much for the kind words, Vernumbe!
I appreciate the feedback, Vincent!
Thanks for taking the time to watch, Beverley! I appreciate you!
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My works pass the Bechdel Test often because most of the main casts in my scripts are women.
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Jai Jackson In AS GOOD AS IT GETS, famed author Jack Nicholson is asked how he writes women so well. His reply, "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability." (Don't do this.)...
Expand commentJai Jackson In AS GOOD AS IT GETS, famed author Jack Nicholson is asked how he writes women so well. His reply, "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability." (Don't do this.)
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@All Not heard of test, it’s rule of thumb is 2 women talk about something other than men? Surely instead should be “CHARACTERS” talk interestingly enough for reader to give a damn about turning the p...
Expand comment@All Not heard of test, it’s rule of thumb is 2 women talk about something other than men? Surely instead should be “CHARACTERS” talk interestingly enough for reader to give a damn about turning the page? Neither age, sex/gender, race, mindset or social status should be singled out individually to need permission to speak by any yard stick test. There are successful films where women talk about men excessively cos it belongs in a particular “Story” but this does not make script nor actresses/actors intellectually inferior. Is there a test for two men not to talk about women in excess? If so what is it called? And why has the test obviously failed in many films? There are many “isms” at play in society, now it seems we have Bechdelism.