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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 9h

The late Dick Ayers on not getting writer credit or compensation when working with Stan Lee.

David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

Dude had skills

David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

So that's why Drew Struzan has been trending.
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

PS: Story beat index cards are arranged on a white board divided into three-act columns. #threeactstructure
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

Three-act story structure
Narrative fiction model that divides a story by setup, confrontation, and resolution (or beginning, middle, and end) #threeactstructure #beginnningmiddleend #writingtechnique
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

Clip from a surprise Parker and Stone lecture for New York University freshmen #parkerandstone #southpark
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"But... Therefore..." Matt Stone and Trey Parker (South Park) Plotting Advice

YouTube video by Heather Hale

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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

Trey Parker and Matt Stone on the "but/therefore" technique in 2011: Don't connect story beats with "and then." That's boring. Connecting them with "but" or "therefore" creates interest through reaction and causality. #writingtechnique
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

John Peel prefers a roller coaster model, la bunch of small climaxes with exposition in between, leading to the big action at the end. I called it the Splash Mountain approach."

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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

Media reviewers constantly refer to things happening in acts without referencing this structure. I never knew what they meant it until now.

David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

Popularized by the 1979 book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field #threeactstructure #sydfield #screenwriting
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 10h

Three-act story structure
Narrative fiction model that divides a story by setup, confrontation, and resolution (or beginning, middle, and end) #threeactstructure #beginnningmiddleend #writingtechnique
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-a...

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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 20h

Scene from The Onion Movie, 2008
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The Onion Movie - Wikipedia

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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 20h

"I'm looking for a motherfucking job!" Robbing a bank for employment makes a lot of sense these days.
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The Onion Movie - Armed Gunman (HD)

YouTube video by Cee Tee

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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 23h

WWEEEEEE!!!
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 1d

Beer bottle walk in cowgirl boots at Coyote Ugly NYC
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 1d

Not going anywhere for a while?

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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 1d

Floyd E. Norman (born 1935)
American animator, writer, and comic book artist. He worked for Walt Disney on Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, and other short projects. Norman started as an assistant to Bill Woggon.
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 1d

"The Dick Knight"
2011 response by Richard Pace to Frank Miller's unhinged Occupy Wall Street rants. #thedickinight #richardpace #frankmiller #occupywallstreet #artofthecomicbook
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 1d

Who knew this scene from 30 Years in the TARDIS would be real one day?
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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 1d

Ballmer looks like he snorted all the coke in Los Angeles, while Gates looks like a kid who desperately needs to be accepted.

Steve Ballmer at the Windows 95 launch party in 1995

Bill Gates at the Windows 95 launch party in 1995

David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 1d

Dancers in the Bronx, August 1956. Photo by David Gonzalez

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David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 1d

Microsoft executives Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates with a few engineers dancing to "Start Me Up" at the Windows 95 launch party in 1995. #computerhistory #windows95 #startmeup
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