May 2012
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ellisanthonyandysuttonjr asked: I have a question about narration. I know that in a screenplay narration should be kept as minimal as possible and should add to the story without telling the audience things they can already see. How do I format narration in a script and how do I combine it with the actions I'm writing?
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Anonymous asked: If I make changes to a script on my iphone and then decide that I don't like them, but they've already been saved on my phone, how can I prevent them from syncing to the cloud?
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Anonymous asked: Hey, while working on a piece on my iPad, I hit something and it wiped everything out. A) how did this happen and b) how do I get it back or is it gone forever? Thanks -James
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Anonymous asked: When sharing a Celtx Project over the Cloud services, my group of 4 has already run into several save overwrite situations when two or more people were in the Project, making changes to different items (I was changing script, Matt was changing Master Catalog, and Lela was working on the schedule). Things got messed up.How can we sync elements in a project? I can't see any way to take a Master...
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ellisanthonyandysuttonjr asked: I told you once before that I once accused the film "The Parent Trap" of being implausible; I feel that I asked the question wrong. Namely, the twins more likely would have been angry at their parents for splitting them up, never telling them of each other and never visiting or having any kind of correspondence with the twin that didn't live with them. People told me I was wrong...
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Anonymous asked: I'm seeing in my account when I log in, that I can share my script(s) with up to 10 people. I thought you could only share with the $5/mo charge account type??
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Screenwriting Tip #997
screenwritingtips:
The story starts when the script starts. There is no grace period, no prologue, no “getting to know the characters” time. Start the story on Page One.
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Anonymous asked: CAN YOU DELETE YOUR CELTX ACCOUNT???????????????????? IT DOES NOT WORK AND I WANT TO GET RID OF IT SO PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO DO SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????????//
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ellisanthonyandysuttonjr asked: What is deal between basing characters and events on real ones and possible legal consequences? I began writing a script about a girl who accidentally kills her parents. I based the girl loosely on my younger sister. I was told (by a person from the UK; I'm America) that it was a bad idea to base a character on someone I know especially if said character does something bad because that...
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“Fantastically shot. Love the pure anomaly of Pearl’s fiery bliss - it is...”
– sugarwing11 after having watched Kate Marks’ & Tzipora Kaplan’s video Pearl Was Here.
http://youtu.be/E7HAIDe11EY
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Screenwriting Tip #994
screenwritingtips:
Keep every piece of information that goes into the planning of your script. Don’t delete old notes, even if you’ve changed your mind and aren’t planning to use them any more. You might need to refer back to them one day — say, when your Act Two starts falling apart.
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kerryllee asked: Is there any way to know how many pages a script is on the website? My program isn't working and that is the only way I can edit it: on your website.
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“We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face,...”
– Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com (via colporteur)
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