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I asked a West Virginian what Moonshine tasted like and he said;“It’s like drinking fire.”
That made me think I needed to start a new category for what I consider original lines or at least ones I consider fresh.
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Screenwriting from Iowa- ‘Rewriting is a badge of honor’—Mike BirbigliaWhen I studied dramatic writing in college my professor John Glavin printed out the screenplay for American Beauty and told me, ‘Notice that it says draft 12.’ I remember thinking, ‘That must be an anomaly.’ But it isn’t. Everything I’ve produced on stage or screen went through 10 or 20 drafts. Believe it or not, […]Scott W. Smith
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