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What Does ‘Pedestrian’ Really Mean?

A note that comes up once in a while is your script/character/story is too pedestrian. Pedestrian is one of those terms that means something different to each person who uses it.
I like to think of pedestrian as the opposite of driving. Instead of being in a car speeding down the road, you’re standing on the [...]

Rewriting is Hell

For the past several months, I’ve been living in Rewrite Hell. I decided to revisit the first script I wrote for school and rewrite it with the full knowledge and experience I’d accumulated during my time at UCLA.
My God, it was painful.
Mind you, this is a script I thought was ready. I had sent it [...]