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Screenwriting can be so wonderfully rewarding at times - it can also be the most nightmarish of hells. Sometimes you just hit a wall which takes you days or even weeks to figure out how to scale.
One of the most difficult elements of writing a script (especially one with so many complex and foreign concepts) is the necessity of exposition. You must explain to an audience what is happening and why. The trick is to try to find an organic way in which to reveal that information, a way that can be motivated by character and not come off as information for the sake of information. There is always the risk of a scene playing horribly flat because it’s full of intellectualized babble explaining key elements like “The Art”.
One of our axioms has always been that a scene should never be about just one thing. We try to construct our scenes with layers of information and motivation. You have to serve the motivations of all characters present in the scene, be aware of their subtext, be aware of the overall story arch and the emotional through line, while still managing to impart the information needed for the audience to understand what is happening. Writing expositional scenes in this framework can prove to be very difficult. Trying to find a character connection to the technical elements that need explaining seems to help tremendously, but it isn’t always easy to do this.
We’ve hit the wall. Looking for a toehold now.
9:13 pm
Of course, it’s not going to be nearly enough to cover the court costs… >:(
Feb 22 2008
I have a copy of the script. I know the Mysteriacs’ identities, their phone numbers, addresses, and freakish physical discriptions. I have all of this. And all of it is now up for sale.
I open the bidding at $10,000 (unmarked, nonsequential bills). Post offers on this forum. I’ll contact the best offer.
-Mysterious Mysteriac fan