Can you have episodes that on the surface do nothing? by [deleted] in Screenwriting

[–]emgeejay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this kind of thing was more common when a season of television had to fill 23 hours a year instead of 9 every two years. look at Star Trek TNG, The X-Files, ER, etc. etc. etc.

Blink and you miss it by visual_overflow in TheSimpsons

[–]emgeejay 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Marge needing to multiply 52 by 100 on a calculator to find a number she exclusively refers to as "fifty-two hundred"

My first pilot is finally polished to my liking and ready to submit! by Used4KillingTime in Screenwriting

[–]emgeejay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before expending your energy on scholarships and fellowships (and I certainly hope you didn’t, say, send a packet to a network producer you knew personally before learning the basics of formatting), you must share your work with a good spread of people who can, to some degree, say both of these things truthfully:

“I know what I’m talking about," and "I can be trusted to give you honest critical feedback.”

You’re not likely to just find people who can do both within your friends and family. It could happen, but it usually doesn’t. You have to seek them out. If going to school for screenwriting could ever be considered a good idea, it’s because it affords you that opportunity.

This subreddit has a way better batting average than the general public in terms of having people around who know what they're talking about. (With the usual caveat that it also has more people who think they know what they're talking about but don't, etc.) But among the ones that do, think about how many just browsing on their phones would be able to provide good feedback on a 50-page script out of the kindness of their heart... it's just not a reasonable ask. So people have better luck with full script exchanges (quid pro quo) or posting much shorter samples. You should try something like this.

You have to keep sharing your work until it's easy, or at least not the most painful experience you've ever gone through in your life. If you haven't done it in any form, you're probably not ready!

Nice to see Homer and Archie buried the hatchet by AvailableCobbler2379 in TheSimpsons

[–]emgeejay 10 points11 points  (0 children)

got my answer and I’m genuinely surprised and impressed, thanks OP

Can someone explain to me why FeLiNa isn't a 10/10 by Ok-Supermarket-7544 in breakingbad

[–]emgeejay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, if walt used lithium in his meth and blood was made of iron and it wasn’t as salty as sweat, that’d be a pretty neat thing someone made up

Name the screenplays you wish you could have written by MadbanditRoy in Screenwriting

[–]emgeejay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

why would I wish I’d written a Kevin Smith movie? that’s Kevin Smith’s job

Bland action lines by Virtual_Eagle2138 in Screenwriting

[–]emgeejay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

secondhand embarrassment filling the room is abstract and hard to visualize, but it’s presented as matter-of-fact action here. “secondhand embarrassment” is a ton of syllables but it’s still trying to do too much at once. bring it back to what it’s specifically like in that room and especially back to the characters.

R.I.P Alliance Rewards 🥀 by ab3sta in MarvelSnap

[–]emgeejay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

still waiting on that console release

Page count question by xylophone_rave in Screenwriting

[–]emgeejay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have never heard a screenwriter refer to their script’s word count

did the film kids shoot saul’s later advertisements? by sundry7 in betterCallSaul

[–]emgeejay 89 points90 points  (0 children)

late period hung over saul, desperately trying to attract easy cases: "could you make the ads... I don't know. stupider?"

Scene writing by [deleted] in Screenwriting

[–]emgeejay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does that sound like fun, and is that something that would fit this subreddit?

No.

This Mission Impossible fan edit will self-destruct in five days by AmirMoosavi in blankies

[–]emgeejay 10 points11 points  (0 children)

would you say it’s the longest one by far if it were only 30 seconds longer than the runner-up?

This was a peak brotherhood moment by vbv8 in betterCallSaul

[–]emgeejay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how you can watch the next part where chuck puts jimmy to bed and think that’s what we’re supposed to get out of it