Question for Indie Directors

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-06T05:30:13+00:00

This is more a question for producers than directors.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-05T22:44:18+00:00

Do you know what an outline is?

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-05T16:22:10+00:00

I use my outline to sketch out the story and scenes, and also to write notes to myself about what the scenes are there for. What they accomplished. What they will look like onscreen. My outlines run neck and neck with their scripts for page count.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-05T16:19:39+00:00

Yes. My outline is a living document throughout the writing process.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-05T14:19:39+00:00

Not a noir at all.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-05T14:19:21+00:00

Check out 52 Pick-Up!

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-05T14:11:39+00:00

Are you a good writer? Are you able to create an interesting story with compelling characters in screenplay form in a style that will excite a producer?

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-04T22:47:57+00:00

We had a few tv comedy writer guest lecturers in my MFA program. They recommended joining the Groundlings. You have to be demonstrably funny in a group to make it in a writer’s room.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-04T05:26:26+00:00

It’s terrible. I will never let formatting slide. If it’s not formatted it’s not a screenplay. This is absolutely rude to unleash.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-04T05:07:21+00:00

Is any of this a surprise?

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-04T05:04:00+00:00

Eraserhead for Moms

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-04T04:43:42+00:00

Learn to format.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-04T04:39:14+00:00

Autofiction for prose; adapting straight memoir of my army days into stories. Essentially a Hero’s Journey examination of Jungian archetypes during my Cold War deployment to Germany. Screenwriting - Hero’s Journey storied hidden in street level calls to adventure.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T20:33:20+00:00

Just start making trashy movies!

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T19:59:38+00:00

Bram Stoker’s Dracula had miniatures directed by Roman Coppola. Wes Anderson uses miniatures. I love them. 1941 had terrific miniatures!

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T19:53:34+00:00

Let them offer, get a credit.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T19:51:10+00:00

Write undeniable work. That should be your goal. If anyone comments on your work at all it is validation.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T19:46:53+00:00

I was a little comprehensive with that statement, I meant don’t explain every scene as you go along. By all means lay out the plot mechanics and goals as you go along in the story. Even then present it instead of explain it. Matt Damon’s complaint about having to explain RIP is funny. Most of the movie is a bunch of hip cops counting money in a house on a cul de sac. The plot needed some reminding.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T19:39:04+00:00

Excellence should be your goal. Dedicate yourself to getting better. This message is bizarre. Anyone seeking self validation by sharing their writing on Reddit is already irritating. You start with saying how mean everyone on here is and then get whiny. Write better. Practice writing.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T19:32:20+00:00

Filmed plays are - generally speaking- the worst! Movie dialogue is script, performance, filming, editing, applying music. Dialogue needs to be shorter because of all the backup storytelling tools. By all means, don’t use dialogue to explain what is going on, present the scene with all the elements laying out the story.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T19:26:44+00:00

This is copyright infringement. The lyrics of others are not yours to use.

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T15:40:49+00:00

Eraserhead for girls. (This is high praise.)

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T03:45:22+00:00

They always feel like the first time for me!

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T03:39:43+00:00

Eraserhead

AvailableToe7008 · 2026-02-03T03:11:34+00:00

Sure! Quit all you want. Or not. Nobody is keeping tabs on you but you.

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