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Meet the Reader: 12 Signs of a Promising Spec Script:

Professional script readers will often claim that they can tell if a screenplay is going to be good or not after reading just a few pages. This is true – for me, anyway.

Granted, I can’t assess every single nuance of a script’s story in just five or ten or pages, but by assessing twelve specific elements, I can tell if the story, characters, and dialogue have potential and if the writer has the ability to pull off whatever it is she/he is attempting. Here are those twelve elements – those twelve signs of a promising spec….

You are so welcome.

It’s worth remembering that your favourite writers are often a) still alive and b) would love to hear from you. Which isn’t for them, a lot of the time. It’s for you. If they aren’t around on the web, remember that publishers pretty much always pass on mail for authors (although they take their own sweet time about it) and the publishers’ addresses are usually on the copyright page of the book (and you can verify them with the web to see if they publisher has moved).

This is especially true where your favourite writer isn’t J. K. Rowling or Stephen King or someone who probably has a hard time dealing with their in-box.

(I wonder if Margaret Storey is still alive? If she is, I should write to her and tell her how much I loved her books when I was a boy.)

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Ok I love this.

shwetanarayan:

hssanya:

Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.
so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.
…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor, and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.
The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.

fallontonight:

After last night’s performance, Milky Chance’s “Flashed Junk Mind” is our new favorite song!

Dear RDR friends,

I am so sorry. I’m gonna watch lip sync battle.

mbt1991:

mpandainsilk:
Excuse you!
BOW DOWN, to Mrs. Brisby!

drwatsonbagginsfreeman-nygaard:

Love Peter Jackson answer to Richard Armitage question.This made me lol

almond-kitty:

chrishoulihan:
Omg yall, it’s April, which means that one month from today
PLEASE DO NOT START THIS SHIT AGAIN!!!

roaring-softly:

Pinot Noir (lyrics by Titus Andromedon, art by Tyler Feder)
Buy a print here!
I’m challenging myself to make one new printworthy illo every weekday of April because April is my birth month and I want to start age 26 like a productive badass. Can I do it? Only time will tell…

sarcosuchas:

birthdaycakesforanimals:
‘This month, the 17-foot-long Cassius celebrated his 110th birthday with a celebration capped by a giant cake of chicken necks, the Herald Sun reported. ”He destroyed it in about 30 seconds,” Billy Craig, Marineland Melanesia crocodile wrangler, noted to AAP.’
[…]
Cassius was caught back in 1984 when he was creating a nuisance by chomping on some motorboats.’
(via @evencleveland)
I love this story. Just love it.