johnaugust.com » Does a working writer keep improving?
“My advice for you is to dedicate one day a week to disassembling good movies. Take existing films (and one-hour dramas) and break them down to cards. Think of yourself as an ordinary mechanic given the task of reverse-engineering a spaceship. Figure out what the pieces do, and why they were put together in that way.”
DF: “I think this true for any craft.”
[via Daring Fireball]
