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You can almost feel the Texan, and taste the oil Format Each eBook Chapter Before you Write It Do you have a problem creating a focus in your chapters? Does your writing slip around, leaving a muddy path to the gold--your unique, useful message? What is Screenwriting? Simply put, it is the art of writing scripts for a visual medium. Unlike a play where the action is "talked out," the action within a screenplay is "acted out" visually. The old saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words" was never more appropriate in relation to screenwriting. Having had the benefit of reading many screenplays as a reader, one of the most annoying, teeth grinding, nails against a chalkboard, signal of bad screenwriting is when the reader is told something instead of shown something. For example, I can't put a number on the amount of screenplays I've read with descriptions like this: What You May Not Learn In College... 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This article covers the top 5 rules of English Grammar. Power Writing 101: Tips and Tricks to Get You Taken Seriously! In my ten years as an advertiser, I've encountered plenty of folks with a flair for writing. They were born having some idea of where to put the words within the sentence, and the sentences within the paragraph. They usually know what words to use ? when to say 'bloom' instead of 'grow,' or 'confused' instead of 'befuddled.' |
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