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The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
In Boys Don’t Cry, you may recall the moment when Teena is arrested and in jail Candace discovers her secret. Then Candace tells Lana who quickly sees Teena in prison. Teena tells her she’s a hermaphrodite but it “sounds a lot more complicated than it is.” IT’S MORE THAN SEXUAL ORIENTATION Lana tells her she … Read more
The physical structure of screenplays does “the carrying” up on the surface or plot level in any grouping of components which the writer deems necessary and which allows the story to succeed. by Lee A. Matthias The logical structure of screenplays, on the other hand, succeeds at a level below the surface, and is always … Read more
You’ve got to bear with me here. Computer networks are designed according to topologies: notions of the layout of the computers on the network in relation to one another. by Lee A. Matthias Confrontation: On The Levels Networks are said to have topologies which are both physical and logical. Yet computers are connected by wires … Read more
Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack Brislee.To give you the opportunity to delve into Lavandier’s amazing knowledge and insight, we will be publishing a weekly excerpt from the book. The Objective’s Effectiveness It is not enough, if you want to write a story successfully, simply … Read more
Screenwriter David Freeman’s wrote a great book The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock. David worked with Hitch on what would’ve been his final film, called The Short Night. It was an adaptation of a book by Ronald Kirkbride of the same title. Previously: Social hygiene and the Seal of Approval A sex scene is only … Read more