Portfolio Notes

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Thank you to all who turned in your portfolios on time with all the required materials.

Some quick observations:
1. Good job, overall with the tv scripts. Many of these were very funny and well done.

2. OMG! It's time for a little grammar lesson--mainly because you can't leave high school doing these stupid elementary mistakes:
  • Its (is a possessive pronoun)
  • It's (is a contraction; it means it is...)
  • Your (is a possessive pronoun)
  • You're (is a contraction; it means you are...)
  • Then/than. THEN is an adverb. It indicates time or sequence (next) THAN is a conjunction often used after comparative adjectives or adverbs.
  • Periods end sentences. Proofread your work and pay attention to when your sentence stops. Put a period there.
  • Punctuation goes INSIDE a set of quotation marks (not outside). 
  • A semi-colon connects two INDEPENDENT clauses or sentences. If either sentence is not a complete sentence, you can't (can not) put a semi-colon there. Microsoft word doesn't know this and often suggests a semicolon when a period would do.
  • If a character asks a question that ends in a question mark, you don't have to indicate that the character ASKS in the tag line. "Does it hurt?" he asked. The ask is obvious in the punctuation mark.
  • Paragraphs are indented five spaces or one tab. For film scripts, character names are indented to 3", with dialogue starting at 2.5".
  • Use imagery in your poetry. Seriously. Imagery makes everything better. Trust me.
  • Use imagery in your prose. Seriously. Imagery makes everything better. Trust me.
  • Proofread. Just...please...proofread your work before turning it in. 
Otherwise, good job.

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