“When you are drawing characters to serve a plot purpose, you tend to get flat, stereotyped, unliving characters.” Quote by Tom Rickman
“Pictures are written, acted, directed, photographed, edited, scored and all that. The screenwriter determines what scenes are in and what scenes are out; decides whether that bit of information is dramatized or just referred to; whether it takes place on or off screen. There are millions of decisions made by the screenwriter.” MadeBitsDecisionMillionsWrittenInformationSceneDetermineScreensScreenwritersEditedDecisions Made Author:Ernest Lehman
“Dialogue works the least well when it's telling you what's going on.” WellsDialogue Author:Tom Rickman
“If you want true love and a long-lasting marriage, you need to start by figuring out what makes you happy.” IfsWantNeedsLongLastingMake You HappyLong LastingLasting Marriage Author:Amy Webb
“The goal of online dating is to get offline as quickly as possible.” GoalDatingOnlineOnline DatingOffline Author:Amy Webb
“Popular women use positive, optimistic language in their online profiles, not buzzwords like "future thinker". Here are the ten most often used words I found: easy-going, love, laugh, laid-back, optimistic, outgoing, fun, down-to-earth, pleasure, adventure.” UseEarthUsedFoundLanguageFunEasyPleasureLaughingAdventureTenOptimisticOnlineThinkerProfileDown To EarthOutgoingLaid BackPositive OptimisticEasy Going Author:Amy Webb
“Good profiles mentioned characteristics that would probably be true for all of us, such as: "I want someone who will make me laugh." About Me sections with fewer than a hundred words tend to be clearly popular. Short profiles that express just enough information to pique someone's interest work best.” WantEnoughInterestLaughingInformationHundredBeing TrueCharacteristicsFewerSectionsProfileMake Me LaughPique Author:Amy Webb
“It's an old, established rule, but "golden hour" lighting is ideal because the first and last hours of sunlight are diffuse and warm. For that reason, women with photos taken outside during those hours tended to look great.” FirstsLooksReasonLastsHoursTakenIdealsWarmGoldenSunlightLightingFirsts And LastsGolden Hour Author:Amy Webb
“Peak hours for sending a first email through the online dating system tended to be during work (eleven A.M. to four P.M.) and then just after dinner (seven P.M. to nine P.M.). I did have a few women send me a first message after eleven P.M. Those who did had an 82 percent chance of coming from a profile that had too many words.” FirstsHoursChanceFourMessagesPercentDatingSevenDinnerNineOnlineEmailElevenProfileOnline Dating Author:Amy Webb
“My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.” FatherNatureWalksWalkingMountainClimbsClimbingHikingTrekkingStrollingMountaineeringMountain ClimbingClimbing MountainInspirational Mountain ClimbingHiking In The MountainsClimbing Mountains InspirationalHikerClimbing To The TopMountain ClimbersWalking MeditationJourneys And Paths Author:Aldous Huxley
“Use between three and five photos in your gallery. Galleries with more photos are more competitive, but after five they seem to pass a point of saturation and diminishing return.” UseSeemsThreeFiveReturnGallerySaturationDiminishing ReturnsSaturation Point Author:Amy Webb