By Lucy V Hay Everywhere we look, screenwriters are advised to make their ten pages absolutely rock. And this is good advice, since if you write a “good” ten pages, chances are your draft will get a full read at that agent’s, prodco, initiative or contest. Knowing what “good” means in terms of the first […]
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Have you ever read a novel that was far too indulgent for its own good? Perhaps the plot dragged on and on or the prose meandered or the author spent a highly unnecessary amount of time on world-building or the color of their characters’ hair. Maybe you weren’t exactly sure where the author went wrong,
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When spending so much time working on our stories, it can be difficult to see the forest through the trees. This is a phenomenon we discussed in our recent article on the importance of gaining objectivity as we edit. When we’re in the thick of revising our stories, we may find ourselves so focused on all the
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