Daniel Lawrence Abrams
Few Words From the Author/Publisher:
One of my favorite writing tips: Scenes should be consequential, causally leading directly to the next scene. Each scene should connect to the next with the word "therefore" (propelling closer to a goal) or "but" (reversing away from a goal). Scenes shouldn't simply be sequential (stacking the order with "and then this, and then that.")
You can give credit to South Park creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, for originating this strategy and/or Aristotle (where it's paraphrased in his "Poetics").
Author's Biography
Daniel Lawrence Abrams grew up in NYC, attended Trinity School, and then graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He got his BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan.
The 3-D input device he invented earned US Patent # 5,652,603.
Abrams trained in comedy writing at The Second City and The Groundlings. He used to perform stand-up at The Improv in LA and The Comedy Cellar in NYC. As a playwright, Abrams’s stage shows played at The Stella Adler Theatre, The Powerhouse Theater, and the HBO/Warner Brothers TV Workspace.
In Hollywood, Abrams wrote, produced, and directed over a hundred hours of TV. He was the Supervising Producer of the 2014 Emmy-Nominated SundanceTV show THE WRITERS’ ROOM and was a freelance Director for HGTV’s HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL. Abrams co-produced four feature films, and the documentary, PINK & BLUE: COLORS OF HEREDITARY CANCER.
He gave the TEDx Talk titled “Sports Can Save Politics” at AJU.
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