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How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make

Submitted by on March 5, 2007 – 1:56 AMOne Comment

It’s fairly informative on a technical level, which is a nice change, and it’s not all annoyingly “let me tell you about my experience with blah dee blah” like a lot of writing in this genre.   (Yes, I mean William Goldman.   No, I don’t see what’s so brilliant about Adventures in the Screen Trade, which I couldn’t even finish.   So much for my shining future in Hollywood, I guess.)

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  • Margaret in Colorado says:

    I know! I love William Goldman’s fiction so very much that “Screen Trade” nearly made me cry in disappointment. Poke a hole in that guy & let some Goldman out—he’s too full of himself!

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