Encounter with the wily M5
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You never got around him, the story has no change in plot, therefore it is just prose, exposition. There is no change in the state of the protagonist and antigonist under pressure. Either he should should have crashed, or you around him --- from "our" point of view; or you crashed and he, off in the distance --- from his point of view.
I just listened to the first tapes of a "STORY" --- tapes and book on how to write screenplays and stories.
I just listened to the first tapes of a "STORY" --- tapes and book on how to write screenplays and stories.
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Thanks for the replies all. I thought I'd let loose the dams a bit.
Just to clarify for S2000 Owner.
Not only is the story non-fiction (and thus not held to the same fineness of plot development and classical Greek character development- in fact to impose a classical, over-arching 'novel' structure to it would mean that I would have had to invent events and internal character changes that did not, in fact, occur), but if you are pursuing writing, creative or other wise, it would behoove you to read or listen to tapes that drone on about the finer points of story structure, character development, et al- finally, burn them. Then, you are best served to start reading novels by the greats and see how they bend and break such rules. Much of what seems to make modern fiction interesting is its reliance on a more improvisation nature of creating, a less structured set of goals for character, plot, etc.
About screenplays- as a graduate of the NYU Film School and an old hack at screenwriting, please be advised that screenplays for films aspiring to the 'hollywood' school of character and plot development are (and therefore held to the tenets you describe), by and large, complete garbage. Think about nearly everytime you see a great novel that has been translated into a film- what has really been lost. Usually, it is pounds and pounds of nuance. Nuance lost in favor of a set of guidelines which have more to do with preserving the specific moments at which we humans are supposed to produce response-induced hormones (the action scene, the love scene, the victory scene, etc.)
What I mean to say from all of this is that you should read the polemic books about 'how to write a _____,' and then develop you OWN criteria for rating and developing texts.
Cheers all
But thanks, S2000 Owner, for taking the time.
Just to clarify for S2000 Owner.
Not only is the story non-fiction (and thus not held to the same fineness of plot development and classical Greek character development- in fact to impose a classical, over-arching 'novel' structure to it would mean that I would have had to invent events and internal character changes that did not, in fact, occur), but if you are pursuing writing, creative or other wise, it would behoove you to read or listen to tapes that drone on about the finer points of story structure, character development, et al- finally, burn them. Then, you are best served to start reading novels by the greats and see how they bend and break such rules. Much of what seems to make modern fiction interesting is its reliance on a more improvisation nature of creating, a less structured set of goals for character, plot, etc.
About screenplays- as a graduate of the NYU Film School and an old hack at screenwriting, please be advised that screenplays for films aspiring to the 'hollywood' school of character and plot development are (and therefore held to the tenets you describe), by and large, complete garbage. Think about nearly everytime you see a great novel that has been translated into a film- what has really been lost. Usually, it is pounds and pounds of nuance. Nuance lost in favor of a set of guidelines which have more to do with preserving the specific moments at which we humans are supposed to produce response-induced hormones (the action scene, the love scene, the victory scene, etc.)
What I mean to say from all of this is that you should read the polemic books about 'how to write a _____,' and then develop you OWN criteria for rating and developing texts.
Cheers all
But thanks, S2000 Owner, for taking the time.
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Wow! Interesting story. I'd much rather hear that then: Yo, me and my boys wuz racing this M5 and we hung wit him and bus a cap, hahahahaha. That's the usual jargon on some web board we have to tolerate. It seems that you have elevated the racing story lingo to the point where there was no negative "only on the track don't race" backlash.
Hey, about the ski mask thing. That's ironic because my friend bought me a set of ski masks for Christmas in spite of my cold weather top-down driving. Also a resident of PA, this is a fitting gift. A black ski mask for me and a blue one for my passenger. Haven't had the audacity to wear them yet. One of these days on a cold blustery Pennsylvania evening...
Hey, about the ski mask thing. That's ironic because my friend bought me a set of ski masks for Christmas in spite of my cold weather top-down driving. Also a resident of PA, this is a fitting gift. A black ski mask for me and a blue one for my passenger. Haven't had the audacity to wear them yet. One of these days on a cold blustery Pennsylvania evening...