Posted by kevin d. at nas-70-83.albany.navipath.net on May 15, 2001 at 13:27:50:
In Reply to: I'm tired of hearing this stuff posted by Willatron on May 15, 2001 at 13:13:19:
: If you people want to right a script then go to the bookstore and buy a book on it, quit trying to dry jerk. Screenwriting (good screenwriting, that is) is an art form. I don't give a rat's ass how many scripts you've read online you've got to know a bit about character development, plot, timing, etc., etc. And don't give me this, "But Kevin Smith did it" swill, because you know what, Smith still went to film school for a while, and I'd bet he did some research on it and didn't just sit down one day and say, "Hmmm, I think I'll write a script now." Then he hooked up with Mosier, the main pimp behind the scenes. Don't underestimate the value of a producer. If nothing else at least buy one of those dummy books so you'll have some idea what you are talking about. "Gee, I think I'll go fly a plane today, even though I don't know how." I'm not trying to be a downer, it's just that every film buff I know has a screenplay in the works and every journalist I know has a manuscript in the works. BTW, I'd suggest Screenplay by Syd Field. It's kind of old as well as the movies he cover's, but great cinema never changes.
: I will now step off my soapbox and the various posters may now tear me a new one.