Comments on: 7 Lessons from Mamet https://www.thestorydepartment.com/7-lessons-from-mamet/ Story. Screenplay. Sale. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Compatible Creatures – War & Politics & Life - Twisted Tales https://www.thestorydepartment.com/7-lessons-from-mamet/#comment-541 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:17:51 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=8946#comment-541 […] tale so convoluted it turns out that David Mamet would have a hard time trying to decipher the […]

]]> By: John C. https://www.thestorydepartment.com/7-lessons-from-mamet/#comment-540 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:00:59 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=8946#comment-540 All of a sudden it all makes sense. Whew! You just saved me two years of f**king around screwing up dramatic possibilities.
Thanks a million.

]]> By: sambahdi https://www.thestorydepartment.com/7-lessons-from-mamet/#comment-539 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:02:07 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=8946#comment-539 “The show is defunct – did the writers not take his exceptionally clear advice?”

Who can understand the minds of penguins?

]]> By: martin simpson https://www.thestorydepartment.com/7-lessons-from-mamet/#comment-538 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:18:36 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=8946#comment-538 The show is defunct – did the writers not take his exceptionally clear advice?

]]> By: Frances Macaulay Forde https://www.thestorydepartment.com/7-lessons-from-mamet/#comment-537 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:16:01 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=8946#comment-537 No shit!

]]> By: Ngaire Genge https://www.thestorydepartment.com/7-lessons-from-mamet/#comment-536 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:34:18 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=8946#comment-536 I’m making myself a T-shirt: Do NOT write a crock of shit today!

Thanks for this!

Priceless.

]]> By: sambahdi https://www.thestorydepartment.com/7-lessons-from-mamet/#comment-535 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:40:34 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=8946#comment-535 DO NOT WRITE A CROCK OF SHIT. WRITE A RIPPING THREE, FOUR, SEVEN MINUTE SCENE WHICH MOVES THE STORY ALONG, AND YOU CAN, VERY SOON, BUY A HOUSE IN BEL AIR AND HIRE SOMEONE TO LIVE THERE FOR YOU.

GOLD.

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