Screenwriting 101: Stephany Folsom

“I’m really methodical in how I write. I do a ton of research up front. Once I have my pile of research, I start outlining. I go into crazy detail in my outlines. Structure is so important in visual storytelling, and your structure lives or dies by your outline. Once I have a solid structure in place, I can go to pages and put all my focus on the emotional arcs of the story. I’m like, ‘I’ve got the setup and the payoff and the plot all taken care of in my outline,’ and I can be in the moment when I’m writing the scene, and concentrate on making my it resonate on an emotional level.”

— Stephany Folsom

From the April 2014 Go Into The Story interview

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