Greetings Everyone,
I just realized that I had two Week 7 entries in our syllabus; so in reality, today was Week 10 (yep, time flew that fast). There are 14 weeks per semester at CUNY. Our last class is Week 14.
Good class today. By doing scales the musician keeps her fingers swift. By doing writing exercises, the screenwriter keeps her mind alert and open to possibilities. Don’t think of the assignments as a waste of time. The great cellist Pablo Casals practiced every day, even into his 90s. When asked why he needs to work on simple scales when he was one of the world’s greatest cello players. His reply: “Because there’s always room for improvement.”
Here’s Another Good Exercise to get your creative juices flowing. By the way, these exercises are excellent warm-ups for your real writing. You can use them as warm-ups or warm-downs (after you’ve written). That way you won’t get any mental injuries.
Here’s a good post by writer John August (Big Fish, The Nines, Go) on dialogue writing.
Your Assignment:
SEQUENCE OUTLINE DUE IN MY EMAIL BOX NO LATER THAN 9:30AM ON MONDAY, APRIL 11th.
Read Ch. 10 (Truby)
Read “SPARTAN” on SCREENPLAYS page. (This is an assignment; everyone should have read the screenplay by next Monday and be ready to discuss it.)
See you next week.
ak
