College was the first time I started writing how I speak. Or, more accurately, college was when I stopped trying to write the way I thought I *should* write.
Words on the page
Can my script be as short as Somewhere?
As a screenwriter, with no aspirations of getting behind the camera, how hard is it, or would it be to sell a spec script, that could possibly be a 100-110 min movie, but only a 65-70 page script? Understanding that execution is key, is it even possible to get your screenplay looked at, with it being so short?
Fucking pilots
I’m reading more network pilot scripts this year than in years past, so I can’t say whether this is a new trend or just something I was unaware of: What’s with all the swearing?
Never can say goodbye
Movie characters hang up the phone earlier than actual people would.