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Xander Bennett
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2012}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|02|16}}
| birth_place    = [[Perth, Western Australia]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| othername     = Alexander Bennett
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::Don't be boring. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T BE BORING. Tape it to your laptop. Tape it to your eyeballs. '''Don't. Be. Boring.'''

[[Franklin Leonard]]<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1436294/ IMDb] Franklin Leonard</ref> invited Bennett to join [[Blacklist#Screenwriting|The Black List]] in September 2011, and the entire ''Screenwriting Tips... You Hack'' blog migrated to that website.<ref name="blklst" />

On 
3 NovemberMay 21, 20112, Bennett published Tip #81000:
::There are no original ideas, and nothing new under the sun… except you. Your voice, style and execution are unique, and uniquely valuableIf you write from the heart, you’ll never run out of ideas. If you aim for masterpieces, at least you’ll learn from the failures. And if you never give up, there’s no way you can lose.

::You’ve come this far. Now the future is up to you.

::All you have to do is write it.

===Television===
Bennett's first job as a writer was on the Australian animated children's show [[FARMkids]]<Ref name="AS1" /><ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024886/ IMDB] FARMkids</ref> in 2005.

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
[[Category:Bond University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Perth, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Writers from Western Australia]]
[[Category:Australian screenwriters]]
[[Category:21st-century writers]]