What I find most amazing about Sorkin is how he wrote A Few Good Men without being ex-military, a lawyer, or a doctor. Or to write The American President without a career in government. Such insight and empathy.
The Social Network was one of the few movies with realistic portrayals of computers. Wget, perl, etc. Most films are nonsense with computers, I was very impressed with the research.
Because the best films are about characters needs, wants, desires, and the human obstacles that can keep them from getting it, kill them, incarcerate time, etc. The humanistic aspect is what’s best about film and art and humans fight for that in various settings such as military and court rooms.
Speaking your dialogue out loud is a great tip, this is something I have always done from the moment I started writing, because we've all had those moments when your talking to someone and you say something out loud and you go, "That sounded so much better in my head," so why wouldn't that apply to writing? It does. You can write something and be happy or at least satisficed with it and read it again a hundred times (if you're a little obsessive like I am) and not see a problem, but you say it out loud once and you realize, "Oh, my God, that's terrible." It's a great tip and not just for dialogue, but anything you write, an interaction, an environment, a situation, it applies to everything.
I don't want to talk about the writers, directors and screen writers like the most comments in this thread. I want to thank the uploader of these 📹 for his effort, time and insight.
Love your screenwriting videos but I will say maybe make the music in the background a little lower next time 👍🏻 as it's hard to focus on the person speaking about the subject they are talking about.
"six to eight showers a day...for a fresh start". Yikes! OCD? Remember Jack Nicholson playing a best selling novelist with OCD in As Good As It Gets? Whatever gets you to the finish line I guess. Is there a connection between good writers and their rituals? I guess I should have waited. The ninth tip answers my own question. I also like that he uses modesty well to avoid puffery.
If I remember correctly... they only allow you to send it to either East or West... Not both... and it cost to do that too... I need to find out for sure.
One of the most brilliant writers of his generation. I didn’t know he was also supposed to be one of the greatest public speakers of his generation, too.
#2 is his weakness. He's great for one style of character - the genius who can rattle off facts and statistics. But outside of that he struggles. Studio 60 failed because he couldn't write comedy. The GOAT of writing intellectual dialogue but weak out of that area.
What is the massively irritating musical jumble going on in the background? It is distracting, disrespectful of Sorkin's advice, of the man himself and frankly just stupid. What morons turn out these stupid jumbles? Surely Sorkin had nothing to do with it. Like the rest of us, he is well aware that screenwriting advice does not need a musical accompaniment.
Well, as long as we don’t see your name in the writing credits of an acclaimed movie or two.. my advice to you is to best keep that opinion to yourself. Be humble and learn from all writers.
@@stevendufour Guys like Sorkin and those he mentioned get industry breaks and b/c of the resources allotted to them are eventually labelled "masterminds" through the same media that made them.
Well, fair enough if you see it that way, but it seems to sell, so it's worth investigating what people like about his writing, and take away whatever helps you. Like Bruce Lee said, "Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own"
Ok, so: "There aren't rules." "Don't learn from other writers. Don't stick to your own voice." "Don't try to figure out why you liked it disliked a show or movie." "Don't show the audience what the character wants, cuz it won't define who they are." "Don't speak your dialog aloud." "Writing doesn't take practice" "Go for cliche stories. Avoid unique approaches" Sounds a bit fucking stupid, doesn't it, bruv?
