But if you want to make art? Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like a king. The moment you feel the "rising action" sagging, put in a ten-minute scene of a man just cooking an omelet. That is the movie I want to watch.
And yet, it is dead.
Useful for execs, useless for geniuses. See it with a notebook and a grain of salt.
If you are writing your first script, laminate these rules to your desk. They will stop you from writing a 90-minute scene where two people talk about the weather. They are the training wheels.
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But if you want to make art? Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like a king. The moment you feel the "rising action" sagging, put in a ten-minute scene of a man just cooking an omelet. That is the movie I want to watch.
And yet, it is dead.
Useful for execs, useless for geniuses. See it with a notebook and a grain of salt.
If you are writing your first script, laminate these rules to your desk. They will stop you from writing a 90-minute scene where two people talk about the weather. They are the training wheels.
