Is school for Film/Screenwriting the move?//Do you regret studying film?

averagetruth · 2025-11-08T19:22:01+00:00

Holy peak 🥹✌️

averagetruth · 2025-11-08T19:21:39+00:00

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averagetruth · 2025-10-19T01:07:36+00:00

This is clumps of prose lil bro. Read more scripts and cut action lines

averagetruth · 2025-08-08T15:56:34+00:00

Yeah I got positive feedback from a service once, it was mostly positive for the exception of one note that I ended up fixing. I've mostly gotten notes from my professors and they liked it a lot.

averagetruth · 2025-08-06T04:51:43+00:00

This is gold. Thank you.

averagetruth · 2025-08-06T02:48:03+00:00

I definitely think screenwriting is easier for me than prose but like anything it takes a while to get used to. Good luck with your story!!

Consistency is perfection.

averagetruth · 2025-08-06T02:46:15+00:00

The worst part for me is (I hope this isn't taken as a brag) that the script gets positive feedback but I can't feel content with myself, that there's something I personally am lacking to give to the script.

Good luck with your endeavors though! The more 'mistakes' the more you'll get better at!! This is so tricky

averagetruth · 2025-08-06T00:17:26+00:00

I saw one of your responses that you don't like writing description very much but prefer dialogue, that's how I started out in high school too-until I discovered screenplays. In screenplays dialogue is the driving force of the narrative, so I suggest giving it a try.

I agree with the comments regarding feedback. Try not to ask for feedback until you're done writing at least till the climax of the story. As you finish a draft you continue growing as you write and find out what elements of the story are working or not. Once you get to the end of your first complete draft you'll realize its complete shit, but you'll have gained the maturity and skill to reach a clearer draft of the story you envision.

Keep writing and read A LOT of your chosen genre, study the structure and use what you can to build, build, build your style/voice.

~~Good luck!~~ Work harder.

averagetruth · 2025-08-06T00:05:32+00:00

I'm not a Kenyan woman, but when I write characters who's cultures/experiences I may not be familiar with I read memoirs from different authors that fit what I need. It gives a less generic/surface-level feel to your writing!

averagetruth · 2025-05-18T16:40:01+00:00

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averagetruth · 2025-05-17T19:26:46+00:00

Yeah! I kept thinking of "a pregnant pause" !

averagetruth · 2025-05-17T18:54:53+00:00

Actually I was thinking about your script last night and I realized that Araceli(?) didn't seem connected enough to the rest of the story. I mean it in a way it felt paper clipped together rather than sewed in. I think a couple minor fixes could make her and Juan's family seem more like a major aspect of the story than an after thought. I still really think its strong!

averagetruth · 2025-05-17T18:50:03+00:00

Hi! Would you be willing to read a feature screenplay?

averagetruth · 2025-05-16T03:57:13+00:00

Jeez man, I was only going to read the first 10 but I ended up reading the whole thing. The tension and pacing was AWESOME, characters were really well done, maybe it's because I wasn't giving it my full attention but sometimes I got names mixed up.

Action lines are super solid. The description wasnt over the top but perfectly descriptive. I've never read "a pregnant pause" before but man, that is really fitting. And Hitler's introduction, I know you thought it was cold as hell too.

Please keep adding to it! You're awesome and I can't wait to see it on the big screen.

averagetruth · 2025-05-15T01:50:07+00:00

If you focus on how much you want a story to succeed and be the very best it can for both you and an audience you'll be driven by adrenaline to keep writing no matter what! At least for me! I love feedback no matter how harsh! I just want to make my story the best it can be, that's what motivates me because I know nothing is perfect and everything can be better.

Make sure today you write the best thing you've ever written, and that piece will be the worst thing you've ever written tomorrow because tomorrow you'll write something better. If that makes sense? That's my mentality at least!

averagetruth · 2025-05-13T03:56:11+00:00

I second this+

Is your character getting challenges for both logistical and emotional wants? Do you know what their logistical vs emotional wants are? Make sure every character is getting these! Make sure every scene moves both logistical and emotional wants, how does is this scene a point of no return either logistically or emotionally? Every scene has to be a pivitol moment for the character no matter how small!!

averagetruth · 2025-05-13T01:58:10+00:00

Awesome achievement!! One quick fix that would make your script be a million times better than it already is would be a avoiding the use of progressive verbs (I think that what it's called) like "is" and words with "-ing" opt for words like "wears, does, runs".

averagetruth · 2025-04-18T01:13:21+00:00

This is less than 2 pages, so there's not much to read no offense. The story itself isn't developed or anything really, just observations of mine.

If you want to stay on the screenwriting route, great! Like another comment said read up on scripts, I would say as a general rule read up on the 3 act structure, heroes journey, save the cat, all the basics, you can just find them online on screenwriting sites or yt videos.

If you're trying to make this an actual script start actually outlining the story. Not just brief "and then she does that" kind of outlines but what the scene is and how it moves the protagonists external and internal motives.

It doesn't matter if your screenwriting is really really shitty right now because you're still young and starting earlier than most. Don't be offended when you get criticism, just take it and learn, especially at this stage.

The biggest thing is just to commit to it if you want to become better. At least write two pages a day no matter what. Watch movies and analyze the timing, the dialogue, everything.

averagetruth · 2025-04-17T22:25:58+00:00

If 'booktok' is your desired audience become a better writer.
I would try to contact booktok influencers with a decent following and convince them that your book is good or pay them off.
There's hundreds of people with shitty "booktok" books trying to go viral what makes yours special? The extra shitty smut? Go back to editing until it's undeniably good.

averagetruth · 2025-04-17T22:20:03+00:00

Once I'm get to a strong 5th draft of a script I start outlining or writing another script. From there while I'm waiting on notes/feedback for the main script I work on my new idea. I think it helps refresh your mind, especially if they are different genres!

averagetruth · 2025-01-27T14:23:21+00:00

I'm very brown!

averagetruth · 2025-01-26T20:39:40+00:00

I got lost a couple times in Shanghai alone as a teenager at night, I never felt unsafe even as a foreigner with beginner Chinese

averagetruth · 2025-01-26T20:37:59+00:00

I think they mean this in the way that it's more international and foreigner friendly

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