A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 18 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
Script Analysis: “Toy Story 4” — Part 6: Takeaway Read and analyze the script for the hit Pixar movie.
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Daily Dialogue — April 18, 2020 “No, mom! I’m not spoiled! I’m not spoiled mom! I’m just as fresh and virginal like the day I was born, mom!”
Interesting Characters vs. Sympathetic Characters “Appeal comes from truthful and complex characters. I hate when movie people say, ‘Your lead character has to be sympathetic,’ which for…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 17 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
Script Analysis: “Toy Story 4” — Part 5: Dialogue Read and analyze the script for the hit Pixar movie.
Writing and the Creative Life: “In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail” When legendary football coach Vince Lombardi would speak in public, he rarely strayed far from two closely related subjects: success and…
Reader Question: What makes a movie a big budget and a small budget? There are critical choices a writer can make at the script stage which directly influence a project’s budget… and its potential viability…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 16 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Because the best way to come up with…
The story structure for TS4 is actually quite complex as I noted previously interweaving key… Laura, your take does a great job in highlighting this precise point. I would add these two points:
Laura, that is an excellent analysis and aligns precisely with my take on the major plotline points. Your take really puts a spotlight on how deft the plotting is in interweaving three storylines: Woody / Forky / Bo Peep.
What is the third origin story about The Joker’s scars in The Dark Knight? “Wanna know how I got these scars?”
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 15 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Script Analysis: “Toy Story 4” — Part 3: Characters Read and analyze the script for the hit Pixar movie.
Great Scene: “2001: A Space Odyssey” The use of a tool… violence against others… and the dawn of humankind.
Reader Question: How to indicate a ‘jump cut’ in a screenplay? A jump cut is a transition to suggest a time ellipsis, a jump in time, hence the term.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 14 This is the 11th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
