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Q: Is it ok to "reprise" a scene from an earlier screenplay in a sequel?

Tom AuIn my screenplay, there is a the so-called "receptionist scene" where the (female) receptionist warns the heroine that the company she just joined at a high level isn't very woman friendly. The receptionist leaves, while the heroine stays and makes it to the top against all odds. I was thinking ...

 
 
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4:37 AM
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Q: How is this prose in terms of style?

RobertThere is no best form of government. No system of government or form of constitution can prevent corruption and nepotism. There will always be loopholes and grey areas from which corruption will emerge. A rigid and strict governmental system with laws imposing severe penalties against corruption...

 
 
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8:47 AM
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Q: Can I publish excerps from a letter without permission?

JolenealaskaIt will be my pleasure to cite the author of the letter. I'm looking at perhaps ten sentences out of a four page letter. I have the actual letter, so the quotes will be accurate. The letter is from one doctor to another; I am the subject. I got the letter by snooping through my medical records...

 
Happy Tuesday
 
 
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user116848
10:09 AM
@MattE.Эллен Happy Tuesday Matt!
 
hi @Arrowfar :)
 
 
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12:30 PM
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Q: How do I cite this page?

averesI am trying to cite this page in MLA: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/obscenity Since it lists no authors, what should I put as the in-text citation. Should I use the Legal Information Institute or should I omit an author and just use Obscenity? Also, this is what my works cited citation looks ...

 
1:16 PM
Chat day!
@MattE.Эллен And also to you.
waves @Arrowfar and @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇
 
yes!
but will we actually be around at lunch?
 
I will. Probably. I might be lifting weights.
 
can you do that and write at the same time?
 
I could if I had my computer with me...
 
so aedia posted photos on G+ and then I was like "oh yeah, aedia, haven't seen her around" and now I have that Sarah MacLachlan song in my head.
 
1:27 PM
Aedia! you came and you gave me a turkey!
 
Aedia, I know that you like clowns.
 
that's a very scary bed.
 
hahaha
The real question is, what is special about stock number 000632?
 
it's a tin of soup?
there's a bug on my finger
It's green
it has wings
I wonder what it wanted
 
Hmm.
You must have smelled good.
To a bug.
looks awkward
 
1:41 PM
:D maybee. I have been drinking rose lemonade
 
@KitZ.Fox You should look forward, not awkward.
 
Ohhhh.
 
which way is awk, anyway
 
The worst way
 
oh, the wrong way, apparently, in middle english.
TIL
> awk (adj.)
mid-15c., "turned the wrong way," from Old Norse afugr "turned backwards, wrong, contrary," from Proto-Germanic *afug-, from PIE *apu-ko-, from root *apo- "off, away" (see apo-). Obsolete since 17c.
 
1:52 PM
I saw "apu-ko" and translated it to APOE KO: apolipoprotein E knockout (mouse).
I've been working this project too long.
 
heh
leeward rearward sternward leftward windward southward onward eastward forward Edward northward westward fromward awkward downward afterward inward toward wayward homeward award outward backward upward aftward
 
2:10 PM
goes in all directions at once
That was confusing
 
but at least we could determine your momentum
 
be careful, if you do that too precisely I won't know where I am
 
 
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4:08 PM
@MattE.Эллен @KitZ.Fox I'll be back in about an hour if you guys want to start the writing chat then.
 
4:28 PM
maybe...
 
4:53 PM
I'm here
 
Me too.
 
5:10 PM
Do you want to write?
@MattE.Эллен @cornbreadninja麵包忍者 you available?
 
Yes.
Let's do it.
 
Me too. What's the topic today?
Or should I brew some tea first?
 
@Arrowfar paging Arrowfar
@KitZ.Fox I don't have a topic in mind.
You can brew tea
 
OK. ima make tea brb
steeps
 
5:19 PM
@TRiG are you here for the writing exercise?
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I'll watch it.
 
aw, come on. you know you're just burning to produce 10 minutes of writing on a topic yet to be announced.
burning
Incidentally, if you were wondering what that burning sensation is, that's it.
 
Is that the topic?
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I'm a frayed knott. Not right now.
 
@KitZ.Fox burning sensation?
it could be!
 
5:22 PM
It is now!
Ten minutes. Go!
 
alright! @MattE.Эллен @cornbreadninja麵包忍者 The topic is burning sensation
 
5:33 PM
Oh crap.
I forgot.
Well. I mean. It's sort of in there.
obliquely.
bbl to read the others
 
Mine didn't turn out as good as I'd hoped
 
5:50 PM
funny though. Almost like you were reading my own personal history.
 
6:00 PM
It was funnier in my head before I wrote it down.
Ah well. The 10 minute write is not meant for Pulitzer prize consideration :p
 
6:12 PM
true true
I have to conduct UAT training in 15 minutes. I've never done one of these before. I hope they don't hate me.
That said, I must sign off. laters
 
cya. good luck
 
user116848
Hello! waves back @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇, @KitZ.Fox and @cornbreadninja麵包忍者
 
user116848
 
user116848
It is a fiction of course. I felt like using a pic at the end.
 
user116848
6:21 PM
thanks!
 
it's more exciting than mine.
 
user116848
I am reading yours. It is pretty good too.
 
user116848
But ten minutes are kinda short for exciting stuff I guess.
 
user116848
I'll expand a story or two one day.
 
7:49 PM
Here's my "burning sensation" doodle:
Professor MacMillan nearly spilled his morning coffee on the book review before his eyes. Alternately muttering "that little thief!" and "how could she?", he crumpled the paper, threw it across the room (missing the trash bin), thought better of it, retrieved it, and smoothed it out so he could read the rest of the article.

Yes, just as he thought -- Tammy had betrayed him. He should have known better -- what was he doing, taking on a student to be mentored at his level anyway? Tenured professors in the most elite literary-arts program in the country don't *need* to take on individual s
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9:02 PM
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Q: Going for a island focused setting and I want to make sure the geography makes sense

MrDracoSpiritI’m currently working on fantasy setting with a strong focus on sea based adventures. To try and make the setting clearly different from Earth I thought I make large landmasses virtually unheard of, with numerous small island being common instead. Are there any rational ways I could explain why ...

 
9:32 PM
Sorry I missed the doodle today. Sounds like fun.
 
9:52 PM
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Q: Need help writing a hypotheses statement for my researcher paper

sophia jeanI have to write two hypotheses statement; I have two but I'm not sure if there right. Can someone tell me if I'm doing this wrong? I also have to states what the Independent variables and dependent variable are in my hypotheses. The Black feminist movement was created because racial and sexual...

 
 
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11:51 PM
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Q: Should I write "what do the data show" or "what does the data show"?

Asimov4I wonder what the proper way of writing this question is: What do the data show? What does the data show?

 

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