The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take …

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The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement ✨ Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). Raymond Chandler Speaking, p.119, Univ of California Press
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The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement ✨ Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). Raymond Chandler Speaking, p.119, Univ of California Press

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