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29
Oct
2009
Narrative Arc vs. Character Arc

9 days ago by Stacy Cohen

“Write what you know” is probably the most common piece of writing advice ever. For me, I bent that advice to, “write what you’re passionate about and fascinated by.” In following that advice, I ended up writing a historical romance. And while there are many great pieces of literature that could be ...

Stacy Cohen - stacycohen.com

24
Oct
2009
Law Abiding Citizen – Characters Slip in Powerful Message

14 days ago by Administrator

There’s an old adage in the screenwriting world, “grab the reader in the first 10 pages”. It refers to what’s needed to sell a script in today’s highly competitive market. Based on the sheer number of scripts written each year; movie executives could not possibly attempt to read even a fraction of t ...

Victor Grippi - The Atomic ... - atomicwriter.com/blog3

24
Sep
2009
Nobody’s Perfect

44 days ago by ginger

After going over the ways to make a character likable, I want to point out that your characters can and should be flawed. Every hero in a film needs to have experienced some trauma in their past that has caused them to react to the world in an unhealthy way. The experience that they will go through ...

Why This is Good - whythisisgood.com

23
Sep
2009
interior thoughts

45 days ago by Darcy Pattison

Interior Thoughts Reveal Character I spent time yesterday adding more interior thoughts to a character. My critiquers felt they needed to know the character better at this point in the story. I’ve done the requisite “Show, Don’t Tell,” but readers still felt they needed more to really know the chara ...

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17
Sep
2009
Is memoir a genre? Consider these matched pairs.

51 days ago by jerrywaxler

After I finished, I noticed a similar book near the top of my reading pile, "Black, White, and Jewish," by Rebecca Walker. Previously, I might have rejected it on the premise that one memoir about mixed-race parents was enough. But now, I was eager to learn more. "Black, White, and Jewish" turned ou ...

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24
Aug
2009
When the script and story gurus speak

75 days ago by storydude

Most ‘gurus’ each have their own area of expertise and angle of attack, they each follow their own agenda. And with every new light shed on the craft, different people may see that light. Don’t they ever contradict each other? And if they do, which truth do YOU choose? Screenwriting is a dynamic cra ...

The Story Department - thestorydepartment.com.au

District 9 Part 1: Character

75 days ago by admin

DISTRICT 9 is an interesting world, but the story is a mess. The plight of aliens relegated to a slum refugee camp is a metaphor for the townships of apartheid South Africa and the permanent refugee camps of Palestine. District 9 is maintained by the private defense contractor MKU, which is a nod to ...

Screenstory Success - screenstorysuccess.com · 1 reference

11
Aug
2009
Plots, Themes, and Goals

88 days ago by Linda Fulkerson

It’s day three of my new novel process, and I’ve done preliminary character sketches, got some good notes on the time period and setting, and have written a decent blurb. According to First Draft in 30 Days, today we start on plot. The first thing a plot needs is the big question the book will answe ...

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04
Aug
2009
Four flaws that kill your Hero.

96 days ago by storydude

To build a strong character arc, the writer sets up the Hero’s flaw early on. A flaw is a weakness for the Hero but a strength to the story. However, not EVERY flaw works. Some hero flaws can sink your script – and your movie. THE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE HERO Our most primary instinct is survival. A hero w ...

The Story Department - thestorydepartment.com.au

01
Aug
2009
"Big idea" + character arc = bingo

99 days ago by Scott

In a comment on this post about the pitch sale "InFAMOUS," DC Mar wrote this: "Big idea" + character arc = bingo Folks, if you needed the simplistic, most spot on description of the essence of a successful screenplay, this just might be it. Big idea: The story's underlying concept Character arc: The ...

Go Into The Story - gointothestory.com · 57 references

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