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John Truby: Why Writing with Images Is More Powerful Than Writing with Words

John Truby: Why Writing with Images Is More Powerful Than Writing with Words

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Mary Carroll Moore
Nov 11, 2008
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Hollywood script doctor John Truby says that successful movies are written with images first, words second.

We are such a visually oriented culture. But we are trained in school to communicate with words first. Images are considered random, illogical, somewhat dangerous. In my experience, writer’s block occurs when we become too word-based. Freeing ours…

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