Completing a film script or a book successfully.

I had started writing a film script about four months back. The script is now complete but needs polishing. The purpose of writing this article is not to tell the world about my script but help others in writing one, without the hitches, which I faced.When I first thought of writing a script, I had a basic idea of what the story would be. Like all newcomers, I, too started writing the script without any ground preparations. One fine day I fired up my word processor and started banging in characters and dialogs. Very soon I got trapped in a web of complex characters, locations and descriptions. It suddenly dawned on me that I had to plan out if I intended finishing this script. Without planning I bet not many would be able to complete a book or a film script. But, it is not only planning which you have to consider, there are other issues too, which will help you in finishing the project successfully. Listed below are the basic requirements for a successful completion of your project. 1. Planning. 2. Dedication 3. Focus 4. Time Let me elaborate on the individual requirements. Planning : There is a technical term for it. It is called step outline or as I call it story outline. Of all the four requirements mentioned above this one is the most important step which will make or break your script. Break your story in various scenes. Keep the timings in mind and for a two hour film, about 70 scenes should suffice. Next, under each scene, write the highlights, it can be 3 to 4 lines. Once you cover all the scenes with individual highlights, your shell or the skeleton is ready. Let me also mention here that, as with the story, the characters and locations too need to be thought of before filling up individual scenes with dialogs, characters and props. Once you have these pieces of information on a paper, writing a script will not be a daunting task. Dedication : All successful and famous individuals have mentioned in their biographies, the importance of dedication. Without this virtue you cannot finish any project successfully. I have read on many writing forums and websites, where individuals ask “ I have many scripts languishing at various stages of completion, but non of them complete ”. The answer is simple. Dedication. You have to promise yourself of, attempting to write, at least one scene every day/week. Allocate a particular day or time for this. If you are dedicated and stick to your promise, I guarantee your script will see the light of the day. Focus : I had faced this problem with my first script. But I have become wiser now. There is tendency to get carried away from the story outline. The result could be disastrous. You suddenly have to reinvent new characters, locations and the climax which is the heart of the story, too, needs a major surgery. All this will make you abandon the project. Believe me it has happened to many. Stick to your guns, no matter what bright ideas you get, do not change the plan. Time : Time management is a tool, which, if used intelligently can provide extra hours at your disposal. Use it to your advantage and squeeze out those extra minutes out of your daily routine for writing your script, that is, if are very busy. In any case you have to allocate time for this endeavor, even if you are writing for fun and are not serious about marketing the same. As for story ideas and writing expertise my suggestion is read a lot and write a lot. There are two script editors which I highly recommend. 1. CELTX 2. FINAL DRAFT

Google Chrome – Design & Top 10 features

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So Google has finally launched its browser. Here is what they have to say about their new browser in terms of designing and features. On their website they have the details in CARTOON BOOK format, which undermines the seriousness of the software they have developed.

The Inside of CHROME

Google thinks, that today, we have more of applications running on the internet than webpages. So the design had to start from the scratch. While designing ‘ CHROME ‘ there were several issues which were taken in consideration like faster loading, better security and other features. There was also this issue of most browsers being single threaded. Single threaded means if javascript was executing something in a browser, if became crippled till the time of execution.

It was only after the process completed that the control was given back to the browser. This made the ‘ TEAM CHROME ‘ to think in terms of multi threaded browser. But, it also led them to think in terms of having multiple processes. Each having its own memory and its own copy of global stuctures. The idea was simply brilliant. It meant a browser based on the principle of an Operating System ( where process isolation is the key to its survival ).

Multi threaded also meant that, if, there is a browser bug in the rendering then only that particular tab goes down. But the browser does not crash. In GOOGLEs’ words you are faced a single SAD TAB. The multi process design needs more intial memory, but in the long run it will be mean less memory bloat. Opening and closing tabs in the current browsers creates memory fragmentation which affects the performance of the browser and internet surfing.

But ‘ Chrome ‘ destroys all the processes once the tab is closed, instantly releasing the memory it occupied. Add to it the power of WEBKIT which is used in ‘ CHROME ‘ ( and in ANDROID ) as an rendering engine. Javascript being an important and integral part of the browser, was reworked in terms of Javascript Virtual Machine ( which basically adds to the safety and also makes it platform independent ).

The Outside of CHROME and top 10 features

1. Tabbed Interface – with the tabs at the top.
2. Dockable tabs – move it and the window state too will move.
3. The omnibox handles more than just URLs. It offers suggestions for searches, top visited pages,pages you have not visited but are popular and the best feature is the full text search over the history.
4. Auto complete to something you have explicitly typed before. ( Inline completion which is very discreet ).
5.A very handy and thoughtful feature which is incorporated in the opening of new tab is that it opens with 9 most frequently visited websites ( thumbnails ) on the left and on the right, sites that you search for the most.
6. Google chrome has a privacy mode. Pages viewed here will never be logged on to your computer, that means no cookies etc.
7. Pop ups will be pushed to its own tab. If you need it then drag out and it will be promoted to its own window.
8. Sandboxing – The weapon against malware.
9. Very simple Interface.
10. Easy download system. A simple push button method.