I’m currently writing a crime-thriller. It has innocents drawn into an underworld of intrigue, double crosses, and corruption.<\/p>\n
I thought I’d sit at the feet of some of the masters of the craft to learn how best to pace the reveals and twists – especially how to write a corrupt character who the audience does not know is corrupt.<\/p>\n
To that end, I’ll be reading the script for L.A. Confidential<\/em><\/a> and blogging about what learn.<\/p>\n Written by Curtis Hanson<\/a> and Brian Helgeland<\/a>, L.A. Confidential<\/em> won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.<\/p>\n Nothing like learning from the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m currently writing a crime-thriller. It has innocents drawn into an underworld of intrigue, double crosses, and corruption. I thought I’d sit at the feet of some of the masters of the craft to learn how best to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-l-a-confidential","category-learning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t