The Audience Perceives Only What The Actor

The True Writer Must Write Not The Acceptable But The True.

Every Scene Should Be Able To Answer Three Questions: "who Wants What From Whom? What Happens If They Don't Get It? Why Now?"

Don't Write Stage Directions. If It Is Not Apparent What The Character Is Trying To Accomplish By Saying The Line, Tell Us How The Character Said It Or Whether Or Not She Moved To The Couch Isn't Going To Aid The Case.

It Is The Objective Of The Protagonist That Keeps Us In Our Seats.

President Obama Seems To Understand The Constitution As A 'set Of Suggestions.'