#BeFabFriday – Here is a guest post from a good friend and wonderful writer, Lisanne Sartor.
Tag: Writing Tips
Day Four at eQuinoxe
The function of film and television is not to provide a reflection of the world, but to provide a compensation for it.
Day Three at eQuinoxe
Your antagonist is your protagonist’s main adversary. This person is not necessarily evil or bad, but he or she is a significant obstacle to your main character’s goal.
Day Two at eQuinoxe
When a script isn’t working well, isn’t as compelling a read as it should be or has some kind of emotional disconnect in the story the problem is usually the lack of a clear compelling and well-developed Want, Need or Price.
Jumping Off a Cliff
I am always talking about characters taking a Leap of Faith in a story. But I have been a bit hesitant about making my own. The cliff I am contemplating right is moving to Europe to live and work for a year, possibly longer.
#WritingAdviceWednesday – How to Use Byron Katie’s Four Questions
MADRID Yesterday I posted Byron Katie’s four questions. These questions get at the fear and fearful thinking that causes personal suffering. As many of you know the best definition of fear I have ever heard is: “Fear is the anticipation of grief.” Anticipating something often makes it true– That’s where the saying “a self-fulfilling prophecy”… Continue reading #WritingAdviceWednesday – How to Use Byron Katie’s Four Questions
Four Questions from Byron Katie
These four questions get at the fear and fearful thinking that causes personal suffering.
Advice from David Mamet
I stumbled on a great letter David Mamet wrote to the writers of The Unit. It’s really useful advice for any writer of any script in any genre.
Make a Plan
Managing our time needs to become a ritual too. Not simply a list or a vague sense of our priorities. That’s not consistent or deliberate. It needs to be an ongoing process we follow no matter what to keep us focused on our priorities throughout the day.
Take Care of Your Characters
If you understand each of the characters in your script on a deep emotional level the world and plot will take care of itself. Here’s how.