Karyn Ben Singer

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Queer cinema nerd. 🏳️‍🌈🎬
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Yes I’ve been writing if by writing you mean mainlining episodes of Deadwood at a marathon pace

This is directly in reference to filmmaking, but this is a great method to approach scenes in any style of narrative writing:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7598-making-a-scene-reflections-on-my-note-card-method

Making a Scene: Reflections on My Note-Card Method

The director of Amores perros breaks down his creative process with a selection of the note cards he used to construct the film’s character, mood, and rhythm.

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@coridanmiller I’ve definitely had those moments of looking at a note and wondering what top secret code I was writing in because it’ll just say something vague like “she remembers Saturday!” What the heck happened on Saturday?? Why did she forget until now? What is going on?!?
Did an index card breakdown of a zero draft. Now it’s time to rearrange some things! #screenwriting #screenplay #screenwriter #amwriting
It's a laaaazy Sunday, but I'm trying to get my butt in gear to get some writing done.
So we just moved recently and today I found a rad coffee spot to write when I want to be productive outside of the house. What’s your preferred writing space when you want to get away from the desk? #screenwriting #amwriting #screenwriters
@dejackson Yes! I feel like that’s the experience I’m chasing when I poke around for a digital version.

Found a new way to procrastinate:

https://kbsvhs.com/

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Someone programmed the VCR for this!
@dejackson I also ask this question from time to time but the answer is usually that a lot of folks (myself included) still end up putting pen to paper for this stage.