weebleswobble asked:


I am writing an essay on an architect, and I want to find one to write about that is pretty interesting/weird, with an interesting story behind their work. Anyone got any suggestions?
Even some bizarre architecture would be great!

justme asked:


I’ve heard that some of the most famous movie writers have started from nothing from writing one hit movie. I’m just wondering if anyone has some insight on this subject. I want to write one and try to sell it.(I already have some ideas) I have no experience on screenwriting or anything but there’s lots of books with tips.. but the main question is, can I make it? thanks!

Keeks asked:


In the original days of Shakespeare, they used cue scripts- scripts with just the character’s lines and their cues. Shakespeare wrote certain things in the text that would help the actors ‘block’ their lines, without there needing to be rehearsals.

So certain things- like capitalised letters holding more emphasis- are written already in the text.

I have forgotten EVERYTHING I learned in my Shakespearean cue script course, though, as it was a while back.

Does anyone have any tips on how to do this?

tman7776 asked:


I’ve heard the story in Phoenix Wright (1st game, 5th case), and in Pokemon Brock used that as a comparison to what watching a battle between a Rampardos (spear) and Bastiodon (shield) is like.

Could someone tell me the story, and what the solution and moral was in detailed and easy to understand words?

Babeyy Skuseyy asked:


Well.. Im Trying To Write This Script On My Laptop And Im Struggling To Figure Out How Long 1 Scene Should Be And How Many Pages It Should Have. Ive Been Trying To Write This Scxript Since I Was 12 And Now I Cant Even Figure Out Start To Finish.. Any Tips?

Julia Goulia asked:


I have to write a 10 minute long script for a play my 9th grade Honors English class.

It is so stupid so far. It sounds so lame, like all cheery and does not sound like how people really talk. Instead, I decided I wanted to make it dark, like a Tim Burton movie, but am stuck on how to go about this, besides notes in lighting in the script?

Any tips, please?
The basic story is of a girl who tries hard in life, and has a friend that becomes famous using a site that is basically YouTube, then gets jealous and kills her in a drunken rage.

The Walrus asked:


I would prefer a story that is relatively well-known, but one that’s slightly obscure would be okay.

wizard101z asked:


Can you guys show me or give me an example of a movie script? I’m trying to learn on my own… Help me out guys… And by the way give me tips on making a short film… What are the things I should consider and what are the things I should avoid doing?

Sassyyy Fish* asked:


******************I’m not looking for opinions on the writing, I no this is an armature script I just want feedback on the formatting or anything you see that is wrong making it unsuitable to submit to a director. (In the one on my word document the character names are all centered and everything) so I don’t want a comment on that being wrong but for example the first scene has a lot of smash cuts,, was there a better way to write down that it was flipping between two scenes or was writing smash cut for every change ok?? I no I’m not going to get a lot of answers but for anyone who takes the time to do this,, if anyone,, thank you!!

SOMETHING BLUE

Written By

———————–

Adopted from the novel by

Emily Griffin

CREDITS OVER:

A BABIES FACE FILLS THE FRAME — Wide eyed, a baby girl stares up from a carriage, the commotion of a lively baby shower slowly being revealed as the camera pulls back…

DARCY (V.O)

“I was born Beautiful. A C-section baby–”

SMASH TO:

EXT. A CROWDED STREET — AFTERNOON

Darcy walks purposely, hands in pockets, heals clanking on the pavement, face covered in a scarf and sun glasses, she calls a taxi…

DARCY (V.O)
“–I started out life right by avoiding the misshapen head and battle scars that come with being forced through a birth canal.”

CLOSE UP OF DARSY’S FACE as she pays for the taxi.

SMASH TO:

The Baby STARING UP from the carriage as larger portions of the party/shower is revealed. (A laughing woman holding a wine glass flickers in and out of the scene)…

SMASH TO:

TAXI PULLING AROUND A CORNER, Darcy looks out the window, face still crowded in sunglasses and a scarf.

DARCY (V.O)
“Instead I immerged with a dainty nose, bow-shaped lips, distinctive eyebrows, and just the right amount of fuzz covering my crown.”

SMASH TO:

Baby Darcy STARING UP from the carriage, eyes drifting over to a piece of falling tissue paper whilst being lifted out of the carriage and admired by surrounding figures.

SMASH TO:

DARCY EXCITING THE TAXI, thanking the driver, walking up the front steps of a New York flat and ringing the doorbell.

DARCY (V.O)
“And so I learned as I reined as prettiest girl in increasingly larger pools of competition–”

RACHEL ANSWERS and invites and during the greeting Darcy takes off her glasses, revealing her stunning beauty.

DARCY (V.O)
“–that there is a pecking order in life, and appearances play a role in that hierarchy.”

SMASH TO:

The baby being held and admired, EYES STILL FOCUSED on falling paper.

SMASH TO:

INT. RACHELS FLAT — Darcy and Rachel are talking, Darcy distressed, seeking comfort, Rachel distracted. Suddenly Darcy spots a watch on a bedside table, grabs it, starts searching around frantically until she rips open a closet door and finds Dex hiding in his boxers.

SMASH TO:

A TIP of the paper touches down, babies EYES ON PAPER.

SMASH TO:

Darcy starts to leave and then turns and PELTS THE WATCH AT DEX, which hit’s the wall behind him.

SMASH TO:

TISSUE PAPEER LANDING completely on ground, (baby blurred).

SMASH TO:

EXT. RACHELS APPARTMENT Darcy slams the door, then pants lightly while leaning on against the other side of it.

DARCY (V.O)
Then something happened that made me question everything that I thought I new about the world: Rachel, my plain do-gooding best friend and maid of honour, with frizzy hair the colour of wheat germ, swooped in and stole my fiancé.

INT. MARCUS’S HOUSE — LATE EVENING

Marcus is LOUNGING ON HIS BED playing guitar in his messy apartment, Darcy lying down next to him in full crisis mode.

DARCY
“Who is prettier, me or Rachel?”

MARCUS
“. . .hmm, that’s a toughie, I’m not sure.”

DARCY
“Marcus! I can’t believe your not taking this seriously, and stop playing that guitar!”

Marcus chuckles, detached from the crisis.

DARCY
“Stop laughing! There is nothing remotely funny about the situation!”

MARCUS
“I really don’t see why the situation of you wanting to no whether you are prettier then Rachel needs any kind of serious attention.”

DARCY
“Well it does because it‘s part of the whole thing, everything! I mean everything that’s going on!”

Marcus plays the last strings on his guitar, sighs, then places it to his side.

MARCUS
“Look, I just don’t see how you can be so outraged when we did the same thing.”

DARCY
“It’s not the same thing! I may have cheated on Dex with you, but I didn’t do anything to Rachel.”

MARCUS
“Well she and I did date for a minute, we had potential long before you came along.”

DARCY
“You went on a few lousy dates while I was eng
ok,, thins was the main reason why I put this up and no one had answered it. The main reason why it’s up is that I saw that there were to many smash cuts but I don’t know how to write the scene without them — so what I’s asking is WHAT DO I REPLACE THEM WITH??? I can’t just take them out there needs to be something saying that theres a scene change.

Guilia asked:


Hello! I’ve just got a few questions to ask about Japanese. I’m studying the topic of “My しょう来” right now, and need help with a bit of translating (and just a general check over what I’ve written so far).

So far, I’ve managed:

ひまな時に私はよく本を書いたり、シょト・フィルムを作ったり、えをかいたりする ですから、しょう来作家とえいがのクリェティブ・デレクターになりたいです。

Which, I hope, says: “In my spare time, I often write books (well, stories, not books… is it better to use “hanashi” here?), make short films and draw pictures, so in my future I’d like to become a writer and creative director for movies.”

I’m sure there are errors, so I’d love it if someone could point me in the right direction. Also, how would you say, “My goal is to one day finish writing a book or script”?

Help with the above would be fantastic, and if you have any other tips or pointers for writing on the topic of “My Shourai”, I’d love to hear them (like, vocab or phrases that can be used when talking about what you wish to do in the future). It would be really helpful!

Thanks VERY much for your time, I really appreciate it!