{"id":779,"date":"2014-03-20T07:19:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T14:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=779"},"modified":"2014-03-20T09:13:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T16:13:20","slug":"find-the-truth-of-the-scene-actor-will-forte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/find-the-truth-of-the-scene-actor-will-forte\/","title":{"rendered":"Find the truth of the scene \u2014 Actor Will Forte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with The Costco Connection, Will Forte \u2013 an eight-year vet of Saturday Night Live \u2013 talks about his experience working with Bruce Dern in the movie &#8220;Nebraska.&#8221;\u00a0 When asked what he learned from Bruce Dern, Will answered, &#8220;Bruce would always give me this advice: &#8216;Be in the moment. Just find the truth of the scene.&#8217; I&#8217;m not a trained actor, so that just seemed like drama school hogwash, but the further we got into the\u00a0 movie, it really made a lot of sense to me, and then I started thinking, maybe that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m supposed to do in comedy too. The truths might be very different, the levels of reality might be different, but you have to commit 100 percent either way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note from Marlene<\/strong>: I think this is true with writing also.\u00a0 When &#8220;the truth of the scene&#8221; is conveyed, writing is strong and readers feel a visceral reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Excellent resource book for writing good scenes:\u00a0 <a title=\"Make A Scene\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Make-Scene-Crafting-Powerful-Story\/dp\/1582974799\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1395331897&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=make+a+scene\" target=\"_blank\">Make A Scene<\/a> by <a title=\"Jordan Rosenfeld\" href=\"http:\/\/jordanrosenfeld.net\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Rosenfeld.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Make-A-Scene.Rosenfeld.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-698\" alt=\"Make A Scene.Rosenfeld\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Make-A-Scene.Rosenfeld-214x300.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Make-A-Scene.Rosenfeld-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Make-A-Scene.Rosenfeld.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with The Costco Connection, Will Forte \u2013 an eight-year vet of Saturday Night Live \u2013 talks about his experience working with Bruce Dern in the movie &#8220;Nebraska.&#8221;\u00a0 When asked what he learned from Bruce Dern, Will answered, &#8220;Bruce would always give me this advice: &#8216;Be in the moment. 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