Ken Miyamoto discusses a character’s Internal ARC (Acceptance, Revelation, Contentment) using the feature film FIRST BLOOD as an example. Source: Acceptance, Revelation, Contentment: Exploring Your Character’s Inner ARC – ScreenCraft Great examples – not just from First Blood – in this article to show you how to develop your character along with your plot inContinue reading “Acceptance, Revelation, Contentment: Exploring Your Character’s Inner ARC – ScreenCraft”
Category Archives: Story
Tips for Screenwriters from a Professional Story Analyst – Coverfly
Tips for Screenwriters from a Professional Story Analyst – Coverfly — Read on http://www.coverfly.com/tips-for-writers-from-a-professional-story-analyst/ Great pointers from story analyst , Micah Goldman. ‘Your voice is the soul of the screenplay.’ So what is your voice and how can you show that on the screen or the page?
Writing A Character Series.
Check out this excellent Guardian newspaper article interviewing a host of essential authors writing in the detective genre. Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, Val McDermaid, Ann Cleeves, and others talk about how they came to write their series and the impact of doing so. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/27/me-and-my-detective-by-lee-child-attica-locke-sara-paretsky-jo-nesb-and-more
The 12 Stages of the Screenwriter’s Journey – ScreenCraft
Applying the twelve stages of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey to The Screenwriter’s Journey. Source: The 12 Stages of the Screenwriter’s Journey – ScreenCraft This a great article from Ken Miyamoto – no attempt to summarise this – you have to read the whole thing for yourselves. I hope you get as much from itContinue reading “The 12 Stages of the Screenwriter’s Journey – ScreenCraft”
From the Archives – Write Like the Mechanical Hound is After You!
Audi Version on HerbieWriter.Podbean.com Another previous post, which seemed right to put out again after the last one on Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451. This post concentrates on the writing of the original story from which the book developed. Okay, so Ray Bradbury didn’t say directly to ‘write like the Mechanical Hound is after you’,Continue reading “From the Archives – Write Like the Mechanical Hound is After You!”
From the Archives – Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.
I was looking back through some of the older posts and I thought that this one was worthy of dusting off. I’ve altered a few little bits to update it, but it is mostly what I originally wrote. I hope you enjoy it. Recently I revisited one of my favourite Ray Bradbury novels in FahrenheitContinue reading “From the Archives – Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.”
Lessons from Celine Sciamma’s Writing Process.
This talk by French Screenwriter and Film Maker, Celine Sciamma, has challenged me in two ways. It has challenged my already challenged mind regarding the received ‘this is the way you plot a story’. It has challenged me to think even more deeply about what the focus of my stories are. For Sciamma there isContinue reading “Lessons from Celine Sciamma’s Writing Process.”
Unconventional Story Structures for Screenwriters – ScreenCraft
Referring this your way for thoughtful and inventive read. The writer, Kevin Nelson, does a great job of giving examples of familiar stories with unusual structures, as well as suggestions of where you can find your own unusual structure ideas. Very well worth the read! There comes a time in every writer’s career when theyContinue reading “Unconventional Story Structures for Screenwriters – ScreenCraft”
To Know Your Story or To Not Know Your Story – That Is My Question?
Usually I would advise you to read this article before you continue with my thoughts, but not today. There is enough in Ken Miyamoto’s excellent article to keep you going for days! I’ve been researching movie/play scripts for a little while now. There are many ways in which novels and movies differ, but what IContinue reading “To Know Your Story or To Not Know Your Story – That Is My Question?”
Taking a Break.
If you choose to take a break, have you broken your habit? I’ve written just over 63,000 words in the last 7 weeks, with the aim of writing at least 1,000 words a day. I established the habit I wanted of writing a minimum of 1,000 words a day. Then two days ago, I stoppedContinue reading “Taking a Break.”
