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So in my story there's an important item. Let's say for example that it's a magic hat.

It's important that the script reader be aware of whether the character's wearing his magic hat or not at any given time.

Do I have to mention in every scene whether the character has his hat on? Or is it enough to simply have moments when he takes it off or puts it on, and expect that the reader will mentally keep track of it in the scenes in-between?

I'm trying to remember this scene I think I saw in a movie.

There's some sort of large monster (dragon?). But it's friendly. They're throwing sticks and it's bringing them back.

But then, it comes back with something enormous, like a tree trunk or something, and they shout "Hey, no! Put it back!".

Ring any bells?

Hi folks,

I have to write a pure action sequence — i.e. no dialogue for an extended length of time, just gunshots and stuff.

Can anyone recommend good scripts (not movies, scripts!) to study to see how to write that kind of stuff out?

This is the climax scene of my script so I want to see how people keep it interesting rather than just constant “he shot yet another soldier”.

Hi, just a quick stupid question. If I have two very heavy (e.g. 1ton) weights attached to a rope:

Diagram:
https://imgur.com/a/rG6j1T4

Then is it easy for me to move these, because the weights cancel out? i.e. can I just pull the hook with my finger and one goes up and one goes down, as if they weighed nothing?

Or would I find it hard to move them because of the massive weight?

edit: Awesome answers folks, thank you very much!

Hi, a bit of an odd request but I'm hoping you guys might be able to help me out here.

I'm trying to write a story with a scene set in a modern-day UK secondary-school classroom, and I want to get a feel for what a modern lesson is actually like. Except I haven't been near a school in 30 years, and I don't have any kids to ask.

Now when I were a lad, it was all chalk and blackboards. But I'm told these days they have LCD displays and interactive whiteboards, so I can imagine teaching must be completely different. Do people just show pre-made slides, or do teachers write out everything like in the old days? And does every class have an interactive whiteboard, or are they rare?

Can anyone

I seem to remember this exchange from some movie or comedy show I saw once. It feels a little Python-ish perhaps?

“I drink to forget.”
“Forget what?”
(puzzled look) “I don’t remember.”

Any ideas?

So one of Terry Pratchett's lesser-known books is the fantastic "The Carpet People". It was the first book he ever wrote, at only 17 years old.

It didn't do especially well at the time. Years later though, when he was a successful author, he went back and rewrote the whole thing and published a 2nd edition, which is the one I and most other people have read.

But what I want to know is has anyone read the first edition? What was it like? Did it suck? And most importantly, what kinds of changes did he make between the two?

I'd love to see some kind of comparison to discover how his style changed over the years.

Hi guys,

I'm just writing some things to test things out. No need to pay any mind here.

Move along.

Hi guys,

I've been trying to write a few short stories, hoping some magazine might print them. You'll be shocked to hear that none of them have so far.

So I'm posting one of them here. Tell me why it sucks. Be mean, I can take it.

For any prose deficiencies, I'd love to hear examples of how you think it could be better written.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzP6QbU2i9aG9mgd0X6vyxzIepQbt1YAqBM49in0A2s/edit?usp=sharing