Make Your Writing As Clear as MUD
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I always recommend that fellow writers look to film for inspiration. Readers think in a cinematic way. They are exposed to moving images constantly. We can learn much from the storytelling qualities of the movies. I particularly look to cinema to learn more about writing tense scenes of dialogue and to better present pacing and plotting. Most of the great movies of real storytelling have to be seen at home since so few of them make their ways onto the big screen. It is a rare treat to be able to go to the movie theatre and see a film that is a feat in storytelling. Nowadays the cineplexes more often showcase the latest action thriller in which everything is constantly being blown up. So I was very pleasantly surprised to be able to go to the movies with my daughters recently to see a movie that did just about everything right. Not only did it tell a beautiful, layered story, but it also presented a way of life rarely captured on film. One of my goals as a writer