Spike Scarberry

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Every American watching the debate and realizing that we really are a late stage empire

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@SPMJM Fantastic film

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@storyandplot PREACH

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@JulesDare @SPMJM @FilmPipeline Or people just need to deal with it. The film's 🔥

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This guy gets it

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

The first two things a reader does before they read your screenplay:

1) Check the page count.
2) Check to see how dense the writing is.

I resisted this reality for way too long in my own screenwriting. You don't have to.

The less it feels like work for the reader, the better.

[Spike Scarberry @SpikeScarberry]

@tlowrites @ScriptPipeline @PipelineArtists I tried. Blame my editors.

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@SPMJM No

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@ZakerAlii Delete your account

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@RadenMara @KPiddy_Writer @PipelineArtists @ScriptPipeline And without structure, you don't have a story to begin with. We could literally debate this forever. :)

[Spike Scarberry @SpikeScarberry]

@KPiddy_Writer @RadenMara @PipelineArtists @ScriptPipeline Karin, I already came in like a wrecking ball to your argument last night. If you want to keep debating, let's schedule a rnd 2. 😜

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@RadenMara @PipelineArtists @ScriptPipeline @KPiddy_Writer If you don't have good structure, then there's no story to begin with. #teamstructure

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@jaypeks And believe me, I've tossed a lot of them...

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@AndiWritesAgain Also that shooting drafts are way different than spec drafts. #scriptchat

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@jeannevb State your passion boldly and proudly. Make your case as best you can. Like Captain American says : plant yourself like a tree near a river of truth and say "no, you move." #scriptchat

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@SPMJM But there is something to be said about managing your reader's energy. Don't write a 100 page feature if 95 pages will do, etc. #scriptchat

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@MDomano428 Great point. #scriptchat

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@jeannevb Girl, I am on drink #5 tonight!! #scriptchat

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@christanyc Not actively, but yes. It's something that at the very end I will think about. That comes from working at a prodco and a studio where budget for things actively matters. But it doesn't detract from the quality of the writing. #scriptchat