My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.
To be able to let you know who someone is in just a couple of words, I'd have to pick the most pronounced features of a character's personality. And I always feel like I'm leaving out so many important little ones.
You just touch on things. You don't go round the room describing the furniture.
When writing screenplays, it's a matter of remembering to leave off the page anything and everything that doesn't appear on the screen.
I try to leave out the parts readers skip.
I didn't lie. I only didn't elaborate on every detail of the truth.
Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.
