A Note to NOT Give Actors - Screenwriting Tips & Advice from Writer Michael Jamin

[@aidengriffen]

Fantastic advice!! I’m a director and I always try to give direction with “as if” to start the conversation:)

[@michaelsix9684]

yrs ago one director said to Lawrence Oliver --- just be better!

[@BooksForever]

Probably the closest that you could legitimately come to the original problematic example (“Be funnier.”) is the basic note that says you intend for the line to be played humorously rather than seriously… which might not always be evident from the immediately adjacent context.

[@Psyclonus7]

SEGGS TOY!?