I Am Also Working On A Couple

...let The Emotional Weight Of A Scene Rest On The Dialogue Wherever Possible. This Is The Easy Way To Avoid Overinterpretation, Which Seems To Be What Turns A Scene From Sympathetic To Sentimental.

Geez, If I Could Get Through To You, Kiddo, That Depression Is Not Sobbing And Crying And Giving Vent, It Is Plain And Simple Reduction Of Feeling. Reduction, See? Of All Feeling. People Who Keep Stiff Upper Lips Find That It's Damn Hard To Smile.

Depending On The Reality One Must Face, One May Prefer To Opt For Illusion.

For Me Being Depressed Means You Can Spend All Day In Bed, And Still Not Get A Good Night's Rest.

Feeling Is Not Selective, I Keep Telling You That. You Can’t Feel Pain, You Aren’t Gonna Feel Anything Else, Either.