The more interested you are in your subject, the better chance you have of making the subject more interesting, too. If you write about subjects that for you, thinking that's what the market wants, you'll just end up writing boring pages. If you find yourself getting bored writing, or tired of it, there's only one answer: Find another career. The more you do, the more you enjoy it, the easier it becomes, and the more you improve. I figure writing is like any other activity - like swimming or jogging or sex. You should be able to learn something new about writing every time you read a comic or watch a film - if you remember to analyze everything you see. Would it have been more interesting the other way around?
Why, in that comic book, did the writer use so many captions on pages 3 and 4 and no captions at all on the next six pages?
Why, in that movie, was Act Three so much shorter than Act Two? Why did (or didn't) the writer have such an enigmatic ending? Why didn't the writer introduce that important story element until 15 minutes into the film, or until 5 pages into the story? Was it more dramatic for the hero to say nothing in that particular scene? Why did the writer add that did a dialogue? Try to analyze everything that's on the page or screen.
#Horror screenplays wanted 2018 movie#
When you’re reading a comic book, or watching a movie or TV show, don't just get caught up in the story and sit there like a couch potato. But whatever you do, don't try to fake it. So, to summarize - be totally factual, or else be so vague that you can get away with knowing nothing about your subject. Hey, who can find fault with that? At least it sounds scientific. I just said that he became the Hulk because of gamma radiation. I don't know any more about gamma bombs than I do about brain surgery, but I didn't try to explain how it worked. Or else be so vague but no one can pin you down - like when I dreamed up Bruce Banner becoming the Hulk do to a gamma bomb. If you don't know, Google the stuff and start learning. In memory of his tremendous legacy to creative writing, this entry will present “Stan Lee's Top 10 Tips for Writers” from page 54 of his book (emphasis mine).
#Horror screenplays wanted 2018 how to#
In his 2011 book, Stan Lee's How To Write Comics, Lee put forth several useful pieces of advice for writers in any format, and in any genre. For someone who never wrote a produced screenplay, or directed a single scene, and only appeared in films through his famous cameos, the late Stan Lee made an undeniable impact on screenwriting as we know it today.
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