{"id":4271,"date":"2012-01-17T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexhernandez.es\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2012-01-16T18:50:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:50:43","slug":"consejos-al-dia-dia-2-el-oficio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexhernandez.es\/en\/2012\/01\/17\/consejos-al-dia-dia-2-el-oficio\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up with tips, day 2: The craft"},"content":{"rendered":"

We continue our review of the best\u00a0Screenwriting Tips<\/a> of the past few months. Today, some advice on THE CRAFT of writing.<\/p>\n

872: Become a collector. Collect ideas, bits of dialogue, kinds of people, things that move you, social trends. You never know when you might need them.<\/p>\n

871: If you\u2019ve got a zealous, all-encompassing worldview to sell, your screenplay is not the place for it. Readers\/audiences can smell preaching from a mile away.<\/p>\n

862: At some point in the planning phase, backstory goes from \u2018useful information which will inform the script\u2019 to \u2018useless distraction from real work\u2019. That\u2019s when you stop planning and start writing.<\/p>\n

851: The only way to understand story is to think about story all the time. You should be mentally dismantling the structure of the movies and shows you watch; your time of being a passive audience member is over.<\/p>\n

849: When someone sends you negative script notes, read them once, twice, three times\u2026 then again the next day. You\u2019ll react with progressively less emotion, and the notes will seem more and more reasonable.<\/p>\n

812: When deciding what to cut in the rewrite, your job isn\u2019t to look for what\u2019s bad. The most beautiful dialogue in the world could be a total pacing killer. Your job is to cut the bits that slow down the story, whether they\u2019re brilliantly written or not.<\/p>\n

762: Chances are, you\u2019ve been in a relationship with another human being. So write about what being in a relationship feels like for you, not what you think a movie relationship should be.<\/p>\n

741: Change your working environment once in a while. New surroundings can give you a new perspective on plot problems.<\/p>\n

740: A good pitch gives a sense of the genre and tone.\u00a0If people have to ask, \u201cSo is it funny, or\u2026?\u201d at the end of your pitch, you haven\u2019t done your job.<\/p>\n

738: Which films do you wish you\u2019d written? No, scratch that \u2014 which films are you actively, obsessively jealous of? That\u2019s your brand. Write in that genre and style and you\u2019ll always be passionate about your work.<\/p>\n

735: Meet and work with interesting people who you suspect are much smarter than you. It\u2019s one of the quickest ways to improve your work.<\/p>\n

731: Ask yourself \u201clogic questions\u201d \u2014 after all, they\u2019re one of the first things pitchees and potential buyers ask. Logic questions are about internal consistency and world cohesion, e.g. \u201cWhy is the monster attacking this<\/em> specific town?\u201d, or \u201cWhy does she agree to marry him when she\u2019s shown to be terrified of commitment?\u201d, etc.<\/p>\n

730: Writers are vultures. And there\u2019s no shame in that. In fact, taking several old ideas and combining them into one new idea is something to be proud of.<\/p>\n

729: It\u2019s hard to spontaneously generate witty phrases and neologisms; great lines arise from the clash of conversation. So when you hear someone say something clever or interesting, write it down<\/em>. You might get to use it in a script some day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hope you liked those!<\/p>\n

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