10 Things About Screenwriting: Vol. 5
Some observations about the craft I’ve come up with over the years.
Some observations about the craft I’ve come up with over the years.
You should have a personal connection with a story to find its emotional core and imbue its characters with life. Or else don’t write it.
Think of the Nemesis as the Protagonist’s negative self, the physicalization of what the Protagonist represses, the ‘monsters’ within.
Narrative Voice = Genre + Style.
No one knows the story better than your characters. When in doubt, trust THEM.
Simple plot. Complex characters.
A first draft is a journey of discovery. Don’t worry about page count. Better to have more, then cut… than less, then pad.
Oftentimes the key to good dialogue is not what the character says, but what the character does NOT say.
Talisman: Physical object with symbolic meaning. Like the snow globe in Citizen Kane. The coin in The Dark Knight. Visual storytelling tool.
In a movie, action is meaningless without meaningful characters.
Writing a Story = Wrangling Magic.
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