Nobody knows anything
William Goldman’s famous quote about Hollywood continues: "Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work.". As a screenwriting newbie, take it to heart.
Well, of course the ‘Nobody knows anything’ is a bit hyperbolic. But the quote has value and what he meant, of course, was that no one in Hollywood knows what will and will not work at the box office. There’s tons of guess work, down to every beat of every scene, but a great deal more than the script needs to come together for the magic to happen. And t…
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