I am, however, frustrated by modern audiences seeming reliance on it. At the end of the day, The Bechdel Test is a thirty-year-old joke in a comic strip, not some deep analysis of where we’re going wrong in female characterisation.

Screenwriting AdviceScriptUpDecember 2, 2019Screenwriting Advice, luc, fem

Lucy V Hay: The Two Gender Swaps That Could Make a Big Difference To Your Writing

If you want to ensure people will invest in your female character’s journey, you can’t expect ‘just add women’ to cut it. But what could you do?

Screenwriting AdviceScriptUpNovember 25, 2019Screenwriting, Screenwriting Advice, Lucy V Hay, Female Characters

Two coverage reports from Robert McKee that tell the Whole Story

“Nice description, actable dialogue. Some amusing moments; some sensitive moments. All in all, a script of well-chosen words. The story, however, sucks. The first thirty pages crawl on a fat belly of expostion; the rest never get to their feet.”