Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe S5E3P3

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More tips from some famous writers!






My notes from this clip:


  • How do you avoid cliches for stock characters? Well, sometimes cliches are great because they are funny.
  • When creating characters you can base each character of 3 or 4 people. Usually people you know, but you can base them on actors 
  • Once you pick an actor that matches a character perfectly, you can read with lots of other actors to see who gels. [They did this on Twilight after casting Kristen Stewart.]
  • A technique for writing dialogue is to write it, then keep removing words. As long as it still makes sense, remove dialogue until it is as tight as it can be

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