Jane’s Joke Recognition Guide

May 11, 2006 on 7:35 pm | In Writing | Comments Off

Check out some of Jane Espenson (tv writer and Buffy alum) and her blog entries on writing different kinds of jokes. Great insight for anyone wanting to write funny.

Wonderfalls scripts

April 10, 2004 on 10:29 am | In Movies and TV, Writing | Comments Off

Miss Wonderfalls? Nine of the scripts can be found here.

Elmore Leonard on writing

April 9, 2004 on 12:09 am | In Writing | Comments Off

Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules for writing.
Full article here.

1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb “said”…
5. Keep your exclamation points under control.
6. Never use the words “suddenly” or “all hell broke loose.”
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don’t go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.

So far so good. But I need to work on rule number 10.

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