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David Portlock

May 25, 2026

8:50
Yeah.
8:51
It's gotta be in, in, obviously in screenplay form, final draft, you know? So if the logline's good, the formatting's good, okay, I know that it, it's probably gonna be a fun read.
9:04
Now, in terms of the 10 elements, I gotta agree with John, the premise concept is probably number one.
9:10
It's gotta be believable, and following that, I have to say the style tone has to be consistent.
9:18
I've read some comedies, and the style tone is not consistent.
9:22
It's, it might start Annie Hall and end up Dumb and Dumber-

18 MINS LATER

27:47
Is there any specific advice that we haven't covered here that you'd like to offer to the writers out there?
27:53
The one thing, again, to really stress, your job is to get noticed.

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