Writing Links: David Mamet’s Words of F*$king Wisdom
Since the advice is for screenwriters — specifically the writers of The Unit — I’m not sure I can really get away with this one, but all the advice on what is and isn’t dramatic holds true for written narrative as well as film. And I get to tell my David Mamet joke, so here’s the link for today:
David Mamet’s Memo to the Writers of The Unit
And the promised joke:
A well-to-do lady steps out of a theater on London’s West End and is confronted by a good-natured panhandler. Sniffing in disdain, she says “In the words of the immortal William Shakespeare, ‘neither a borrower nor a lender be,’” and turns to walk off. The fagan replies “Yeah, well in the words of the immortal David Mamet, ‘Fuck you, lady.’”
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