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Another page and a bit of screenplay today. I'd hoped to finish off Act Two today, but it's been a more hectic day today than I expected.
Most writers are very familiar with Chekhov's dictum that if a gun appears on the mantelpiece in Act One, it must be fired in Act Three. I think I may have discovered a related rule: if your characters order Chinese food at the beginning of a scene, they must open fortune cookies at the end. Writing convincing fortune cookie text is harder than it looks.
Remember, if you'd like to support Clarion West, you can make a donation at my Write-a-thon page here: http://www.clarionwest.org/writeathon/wendyashaffer
Most writers are very familiar with Chekhov's dictum that if a gun appears on the mantelpiece in Act One, it must be fired in Act Three. I think I may have discovered a related rule: if your characters order Chinese food at the beginning of a scene, they must open fortune cookies at the end. Writing convincing fortune cookie text is harder than it looks.
Remember, if you'd like to support Clarion West, you can make a donation at my Write-a-thon page here: http://www.clarionwest.org/writeathon/wendyashaffer
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Date: 2013-06-26 08:58 am (UTC)1) My mom's best friend, near destitute and in a bad situation, got, "You will always have exactly what you have now." She screamed and threw it to the ground.
2) In a group of friends out to dinner, and acquaintance of mine got, "You will have a promising future in the field of medical research." We determined he'd become the subject after donating his body to science.