“I think readers nowadays are happy to have genres blurred. We're seeing that on screen too: The Pirates of the Caribbean mashes up history and fantasy, Cowboys and Aliens mixes the Western and the Science Fiction genres.” ThinkingFictionFantasySeeingReaderScience FictionWesternScreensAliensGenreCowboyPirateCaribbeanMash Up Author:Colette Freedman
“Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create that kind of detail and have credibility with the reader, so the reader knows that you were really there, that you really experienced it, that you know the details. That comes out of seeing.” KnowsNeedsWritingKindRunningSeeingPerspectiveReaderDetailsScreensVisualsCredibilityGood Writing Author:Ann Voskamp
“In a novel, language is your principal tool, you try to build pictures in the mind of the reader. When you write a screenplay, the language is just a transition, the final goal is a picture on the screen, it's the only thing the audience sees.” WritingTryingMindLanguageGoalNovelAudienceReaderToolsFinalsScreensTransitionPrincipalScreenplays Author:Philippe Claudel
“We always for better or worse try to put on paper what's going up on screen - whether we're directing it or not. It's really just an extension of that habit which is trying to tell the reader what the movie will look like. Ultimately that is the job of a screenwriter to a certain extent.” TryingLooksJobsCertainReaderHabitPaperScreensExtensionsScreenwriters Author:John Francis Daley