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Nadine ( Cloete ) Maritz
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Okay so if I am a simple struggle author that wants to go movie where would I start ? Step 1 - I joined Stage 32. Step 2 - ?? and so on.

Stacy Martin

nADINE LOOK AT SCREENPLAYS TO FORMAT, THEN LOOK AT ACTUAL MOVIE AND LEARN BREAKDOWNS SO YOU WILL SEE WHEN TO NARRATE, DESCBE SCENES AND DIALOGUE. fOLLOW THE 4 W'S AND IT'S A START

Nadine ( Cloete ) Maritz

HI Stacy and Ryan. Thanks for that. I think I have already done that on draft. My problem was that I had only gotten to half of the book and it was already reaching a 100 pages therefore my inquiry about page limits etc. I noticed that you get different drafts though.

Stacy Martin

goto bluz1100@facebook.com see my time line and get idea's on how to write you story line, write your story in book format then break it down like a science report you wrote and ask to show and tell y...

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Nadine ( Cloete ) Maritz

Thanks a lot for this

Nadine ( Cloete ) Maritz

I was told that if I had to hand in a screenplay that was over 140 pages they wont even look at it

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