“In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at the beginning. He's changed-psychologically, maybe even physically.” WritingEndsCharacterChangedEssenceDramaticCharacter ChangeDramatic Writing Author:Robert Towne
“The best thing that can happen is for the theme to be nice and clear from the beginning.” HappensClearNiceBest ThingsThemeBeing Nice Author:Paddy Chayefsky
“The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and disturbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic part of the whole.” IfsWholeDifferencesUnityAbsenceVisible Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle
“One of the tricks is to have the exposition conveyed in a scene of conflict, so that a character is forced to say things you want the audience to know - as, for example, if he is defending himself against somebody's attack, his words of defense seem Justified even though his words are actually expository words. Something appears to be happening, so the audience believes it is witnessing a scene (which it is), not listening to expository speeches. Humor is another way of getting exposition across.” IfsKnowsWayWantBelieveCharacterSeemsAudienceExampleListeningSceneConflictSpeechHappeningsDefenseTricksJustifiedAnother Way Author:Ernest Lehman
“It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.'” WayTryingHumansLittlesHas BeensEndsProblemLiteratureBitsPeaceKindnessAdviceOffersConcernedEmbarrassingParliamentKinderHuman Problems Author:Aldous Huxley
“When you are drawing characters to serve a plot purpose, you tend to get flat, stereotyped, unliving characters.” CharacterPurposeDrawingPlotFlats Author: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