tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post1449386271380400193..comments2024-02-10T02:12:10.516-08:00Comments on CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: preview of coming attractionsCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02724359857107668407noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-55067037877411141732008-04-24T19:03:00.000-07:002008-04-24T19:03:00.000-07:00Thanks all for responding.While writing a novel I ...Thanks all for responding.<BR/><BR/>While writing a novel I can tell if a page works or not, if it's horrible or at least passable, but I cannot, for the life of me, tell with a script. I don't know how to make this script work and it's making me crazy. I don't know when something is heavyhanded or far too subtle because unlike with a novel--there's an extra media involved--that damn silver screen!<BR/>In a novel you can have this: <BR/>"Because I said so," he said. It works just fine. But if you put that in a script than instantly I think, well, what's he doing when he says it? Is it going to sound stupid and obvious when he is 20 feet large?<BR/><BR/>I just had a snag when one producer told me that he didn't know what these characters did for a living. So I was whining to this amazing story structure consultant I hired through UCLA and he said, "Oh, well, you have to show a short little scene showing them doing what they are doing." Just like that, problem solved. And he walked me through it so the scene won't lay on the page like a dead flounder.<BR/><BR/>Time to take more vitamins. This is hard. (By the way, I swear by GNC vitamins for the hair. Makes your hair grow like --I'm too tired for a clever metaphor. It makes your hair grow.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724359857107668407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-9765458757637150452008-04-24T10:38:00.000-07:002008-04-24T10:38:00.000-07:00Can I talk about my screenwriting woes... I have w...Can I talk about my screenwriting woes... I have woes too!<BR/><BR/>Yeah... give up the vitamins.<BR/><BR/>JJeff Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202755992217117670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-11809541022751498892008-04-24T08:19:00.000-07:002008-04-24T08:19:00.000-07:00I want to hear more about the screenwriting woes. ...I want to hear more about the screenwriting woes. Im about to begin mine.<BR/><BR/>And remember how brilliant you are, how accomplished! I bet your script is amazing.<BR/><BR/>Yes tell us the name of the vitamins!<BR/>xoxooxoxCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478248138177957003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-54843011523568791442008-04-23T06:39:00.000-07:002008-04-23T06:39:00.000-07:00Tell us the name of the vitamins, please!! I feel ...Tell us the name of the vitamins, please!! I feel like everyone I know has been getting sick constantly.Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-28233867167321400102008-04-22T16:46:00.000-07:002008-04-22T16:46:00.000-07:00This all sounds very exciting! I love your intervi...This all sounds very exciting! I love your interviews with other authors, Caroline. And, of COURSE, want to hear about your projects! XXX OOOClea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.com