ATTN JMS: Intertwining "A" and "B" stories

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Subject: ATTN JMS: Intertwining "A" and "B" stories
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+  1: Aug  9, 1996: RedmondMan at aol.com
+  2: Aug 20, 1996: redmondman at aol.com (RedmondMan)
*  3: Aug 20, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: RedmondMan at aol.com
Lines: 20

Joe,

Since I know you eschew formulaic writing, I thought I'd ask you about the 
seemingly universal practice of interweaving A and B stories practically
scene
by scene.

As it is the exception that makes you notice the rule, it was an episode of
"St.
Elsewhere" that made me notice this practice.  In it, there were three
distinct
stories, presented as one act plays (except for the third story, which was a 
two-act).

This was a wonderful, extremely memorable episode.  Have you ever written, or
considered writing, an hour of television that way?

Thanks!



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From: redmondman at aol.com (RedmondMan)
Lines: 28

Oh yeah, here it is, in case you missed it the first time.
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Joe,

Since I know you eschew formulaic writing, I thought I'd ask you about the

seemingly universal practice of interweaving A and B stories practically
scene
by scene.

As it is the exception that makes you notice the rule, it was an episode
of
"St.
Elsewhere" that made me notice this practice.  In it, there were three
distinct
stories, presented as one act plays (except for the third story, which was
a 
two-act).

This was a wonderful, extremely memorable episode.  Have you ever written,
or
considered writing, an hour of television that way?

Thanks!




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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Lines: 9

I answered this one in considerable detail earlier; I'd hate to be
redundent.



 jms



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