Re: War and Screenplays
What if the reader is just a young 20-something kid who grew up on CGI spectacle and cinematic razzmatazz? What if the reader doesn't care a fig about History, U.S. or otherwise, never did, and never will? What if the reader had something going on their sphere, was having a "bad day," or was otherwise distracted from concentrating on your story? What if the reader themselves CAN'T SCREENWRITE? The choice of the ill-fitting word "benign" is a clue. Too much credibility has been attributed to the reader in this thread until the above remarks (Ronaldinho's).
Pass your script around some more and get other opinions. There are WW I re-enactment groups around. Find one, either in person or electronically, to read your script or hear out your premise. They'll have lots of technically accurate information that you'd never be able to fit into your piece, but chances are something will be said to you that sparks a creative thought you can use. You just might have encountered the wrong reader for the material.
Take the good advice already given in previous posts.
Originally posted by Ronaldinho
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Pass your script around some more and get other opinions. There are WW I re-enactment groups around. Find one, either in person or electronically, to read your script or hear out your premise. They'll have lots of technically accurate information that you'd never be able to fit into your piece, but chances are something will be said to you that sparks a creative thought you can use. You just might have encountered the wrong reader for the material.
Take the good advice already given in previous posts.
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