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Writing for games, TV and movies (with forays into life and political theatre)...

Friday, October 28, 2016

We Happy Few - Update

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I needed eleven lines from our Mad Scotsman for some revisions we’re making to a scene in the Train Station. But an actor’s minimum call is ...

Learning to write stylish English? Read Raymond Chandler.

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I used to teach the English side of the SAT for the Princeton Review, an SAT prep company. I had the advanced class, which was about 50% Kor...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

A Brief Note about Story in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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I'm enjoying Deus Ex as a series of stealth puzzles. The story raises some points about craft that I'm working on myself. The wor...
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Sunday, October 02, 2016

How do I break in as a writer: Games version

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Q. I've always had a strong interest in writing which is why I went on to pursue a degree in English. I would like very much to pursue...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

A new Final Draft!

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As soon as I get back to writing script pages (as opposed to barks), I'm going to be trying out Final Draft 10. There are two main scrip...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Points

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If you want Canadian government support for your movie, you need Canadians in key positions. There are ten possible points, for director, pr...
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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Predictability

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Drama is conflict. Someone wants something; they can't get it. To make it a complete story, they get it, or they don't get it. How...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Two TV Writers Watch a TV Show

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So we watched THE GET DOWN on Netflix, Baz Luhrmann's show about the birth of rap during the disco era. I gather this show has provoked ...
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