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I found myself telling stories of childhood terrors with old friends recently. Going around the circle in the dimly lit room, pizza left to go cold… we genuinely frightened one another. by Jade Fisher We, tough Gen Y’ers, raised on the meat of sleepover gore fests, burnt out on Torture Porn, gonzo, extremo, Slasher and … Read more
Story & Structure :: 2 or 3 Act Formula? :: Creating Your Lead Character: The Story World :: Fiction Writing Prompts – Character Development Ideas :: An Examination Of Exposition In The Inception Script :: The Dangers of Informed Ability :: How to Write “Unwriteable Moments of a Film” in a Screenplay :: Your Hero’s … Read more
Le Chef Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson Original title: Comme un chef Jacky (Michaël Youn) is a talented chef who can’t even hold down a job in a fast-food joint due to his habit of imposing haute cuisine where it isn’t wanted. So his wife (like apparently all French women, she’s gorgeous yet attracted … Read more
In Part four on the Academy Screenwriters’ series, some of America’s top scribes discuss strategies to overcome mediocre writing and achieve excellence in scripts. Not that you’re writing mediocre stuff, but… well, you know. The full series of interviews is here. If you liked this, check out more videos about screenwriting or filmmaking. And if … Read more
So what other things can lateral thinking offer the process of opening your story? Lateral thinking is about taking other paths, offering new things, surprise. by Lee Matthias (Continued from Part 3) If the story’s stylistics dictate that the opening plunge directly into the main narrative, then the approach would be to examine the story events that come first and … Read more