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.
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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.
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.
Re: "Very Entertaining ... But Forgettable"
"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.
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.
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.
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