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    Say this is the only response you got back from a script you submitted.

    What would this mean to you in your own words?
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    Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

    Last edited by BattleDolphinZero; 04-17-2012, 03:41 PM.

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      Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

      I think that was my script.

      HH

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        Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

        Originally posted by WriteHandMan View Post
        Say this is the only response you got back from a script you submitted.

        What would this mean to you in your own words?
        The reader thought it was fun to read but there was no story. He or she can't remember what it was about.

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          Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

          I think Chris Lockhart had a very good post on this on twoadverbs years back.

          It seems like a script would be memorable if it were very entertaining. But perhaps the characters don't have dilemmas or conflicts or even traits that stick. Maybe the plotting is too perfunctory. Maybe you've met the bar on a premise that's been done but haven't raised it. Many times it's a "parts are greater than the whole" thing.
          "I ask every producer I meet if they need TV specs they say yeah. They all want a 40 inch display that's 1080p and 120Hz. So, I quit my job at the West Hollywood Best Buy."
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            Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

            If you need a literal explanation of what that phrase means then you're going to need to do a lot of vocabulary work before you try writing. But I don't think that's what you're asking.

            I think what you're really getting at is not what the phrase means but what the implications are behind it, what was the person saying about the faults or flaws of your script. THAT is a more meaningful question than "what does this very obvious phrase mean." To answer that question you need to provide context. Who said it is important. The circumstances in which he or she said it is important.

            Otherwise, this question is just way to vague to answer in any sort of meaningful way.

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            • #7
              Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

              Originally posted by WriteHandMan View Post
              What would this mean to you in your own words?
              "Pass".

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              • #8
                Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

                Originally posted by roscoegino View Post
                I think Chris Lockhart had a very good post on this on twoadverbs years back.

                It seems like a script would be memorable if it were very entertaining. But perhaps the characters don't have dilemmas or conflicts or even traits that stick. Maybe the plotting is too perfunctory. Maybe you've met the bar on a premise that's been done but haven't raised it. Many times it's a "parts are greater than the whole" thing.

                HH, I think this one was my script...
                " Don't really like writing. But I do like having written." Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad.

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                • #9
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                  "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

                  There was a song that played about 30 years ago and the chorus went like this


                  "The owner of a lonely heart is better than the owner of a broken heart"


                  I don't remember the band who did it, nor the words of the remainder of the song, but I do remember to this day, that one line. That one line had meaning to me all these years. Of course you cant control what people remember.

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                    Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

                    The band was Yes and wtf?

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                      Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

                      Originally posted by Rhodi View Post
                      "Pass".
                      Yeah, agree.

                      Don't understand this thread at all. When I get passed on I don't give a fvck about why cuz it is, in general, who-the-fvck-cares.

                      I never met writers who mulled over crap like "very entertaining...but forgettable." Total waste of energy, imo

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                        Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

                        Originally posted by Rhodi View Post
                        The band was Yes and wtf?
                        Right. Band, Yes. Album 90125. Early '80s title song. Owner of a Lonely Heart.
                        I remember getting album. Yes, an actual album. Even sang along with it.
                        Fortunately no one endures that here.

                        And yes, I do figure this thread is entertaining. But probably forgettable.
                        Last edited by MJ Scribe; 04-17-2012, 06:50 PM. Reason: shooting for some degree of clarity.
                        " Don't really like writing. But I do like having written." Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad.

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                          Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

                          Originally posted by roscoegino View Post
                          I think Chris Lockhart had a very good post on this on twoadverbs years back.

                          It seems like a script would be memorable if it were very entertaining. But perhaps the characters don't have dilemmas or conflicts or even traits that stick. Maybe the plotting is too perfunctory. Maybe you've met the bar on a premise that's been done but haven't raised it. Many times it's a "parts are greater than the whole" thing.

                          I think this pretty much covers it.
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                            "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

                            Isn't that the definition of Hollywood?
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                              Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"

                              It could mean your story, fun though it might be, has no real point or deeper meaning.
                              "Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.-
                              ― Ray Bradbury

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