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the painter’s fella
Mar 1, 2019 7 tweets 3 min read
A few thoughts on screenwriting:

First off, it’s important to remember that everything you write is going to be said aloud by an actor. And those guys are dicks, so make em work. Put “fishstick schism” in a speech three times. No punctuation. Put in some welsh.
#MyMasterClass Writing tip #2:

Chekhov wrote: “if there is a loaded gun on stage in act one, make an announcement asking the person who left it there to remove it, so the players can get back to lamenting the dusk or whatever I was on about”
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