No, really.

When drum machines appeared, some drummers were threatened and believed that their livelihoods as professional musicians were threatened. And sure enough, for some, that’s what happened.

In some genres of music, the ability to play live to a virtuoso standard remains celebrated – some forms of jazz and . . . → Read More: What drum machines can teach us]]> http://www.writebyyourside.net/what-drum-machines-can-teach-us/feed/ 1 http://www.writebyyourside.net/shane-black-puts-the-eyebrows-on-iron-man/ http://www.writebyyourside.net/shane-black-puts-the-eyebrows-on-iron-man/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:48:54 +0000 adrian http://www.writebyyourside.net/?p=418 You know that thing where you really like something, and then a new perspective makes you realise how lacking that something was? That. Specifically that with regard to how Iron Man 3 makes me feel about Tony Stark’s previous cinematic outings outside the Avengers movie. And it all comes down to writing.

The earlier Iron . . . → Read More: Shane Black puts the eyebrows on Iron Man]]> http://www.writebyyourside.net/shane-black-puts-the-eyebrows-on-iron-man/feed/ 0 http://www.writebyyourside.net/scriptwriting-as-problem-solving/ http://www.writebyyourside.net/scriptwriting-as-problem-solving/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:42:04 +0000 adrian http://www.writebyyourside.net/?p=410 Once you get beyond the business of knowing what your story is about, and what happens to who in it, a lot of the actual business of writing operates at the level of problem solving. In particular, one recurrent issue is how to give the audience the information they need to understand the story without . . . → Read More: Scriptwriting as problem solving]]> http://www.writebyyourside.net/scriptwriting-as-problem-solving/feed/ 0