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" A good story is a good story, whatever the medium. "
Good Story
Story
Good
" Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy. "
Good Writing
Easy
Writing
" I can write two scripts concurrently, but I usually prefer to do one at a time. However, I also usually have 5 or 6 story ideas that are percolating in my head at any one time, so it can get a little crowded in there. "
I Can
Head
Two
" If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around talking. "
End
You
Write
" I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but (for me, at least) there doesn't seem to be any other way to start writing a script. "
Start
Me
Writing
" In live-action, writing, production, and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue to occur between the writer, the director, the actors, and the editor, and it makes the writing process a lot more collaborative and a lot less lonely. "
Real
Writing
Process
" In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium. "
Difference
Good
Writing
" My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there. "
God
Many
Screenplays
" One of my favorite films is 'Late Spring' by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art. "
Film
Art
Favorite
" The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you. "
Most
You
Writing
" The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the actors bring a whole world to that, they bring the characters to life, then it goes to the animators, then it goes to the editor who cuts it together, and then you screen it and it goes back through the system again. "
Together
Process
World
" Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting. "
Graduate School
Working
Like
" Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task. "
Writing
Good
Great
" You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise. "
Audience
You
Want
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