David Mamet's Master Class Memo to the Writers of iThe Unit/i

Dear darling blog followers:

Here's some kick-ass advice from David Mamet about writing drama.

Some juicy tidbits extracted to perhaps tantalize:

David Mamet’s memo to the writers of The Unit (caps in situ):

THE JOB OF THE DRAMATIST IS TO MAKE THE AUDIENCE WONDER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. NOT TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT JUST HAPPENED, OR TO *SUGGEST* TO THEM WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. […]

HERE ARE THE DANGER SIGNALS. ANY TIME TWO CHARACTERS ARE TALKING ABOUT A THIRD, THE SCENE IS A CROCK OF SHIT.

ANY TIME ANY CHARACTER IS SAYING TO ANOTHER “AS YOU KNOW”, THAT IS, TELLING ANOTHER CHARACTER WHAT YOU, THE WRITER, NEED THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW, THE SCENE IS A CROCK OF SHIT.

Interesting? Read the whole memo by clicking here:

David Mamet's Master Class Memo to the Writers of iThe Unit/i

Love and Kisses,

Your adoring,

Squiggy

P.S. should we write some stuff and film it?