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Whose Story Is It? Finding Your Main Character Through Perspective & Point Of View

Who is the main character in a story, and who (or what) is their opposition? It may seem like a simple question with an intuitive answer. But it is still a question worth exploring. How can the writer be sure they have identified the right characters for their main character and opposition?In my previous article, Mastering Confl...
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5 Ways To Make Your Villains Really Frightening

In the realm of storytelling, heroes and villains illustrate the contrasting light and darkness in our lives. They are equally powerful and play an important in our daily lives so we can categorize events as being either good or bad. These concepts are personified via hero and villain characters in our screenplays. - There’s mor...
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Why Are Screenplays So Hard To Write? (Part 1)

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Hard To Write:If you’ve found the magic rubric that makes writing a film or TV script easy then I applaud your good luck and request a copy of your findings. Because after 25 years, 150 TV/movie scripts, a book or two on scriptwriting, and decades of teaching I’m still struggling.Now, of c...
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Writing the Stunt Spec Script. The Art of Really Standing Out

The core conceit of the “spec script” has changed drastically over the last few years. In its original incarnation, a “speculative script,” was uncommissioned material written either for sale or staffing in the film and television marketplace.In the feature film world, this could be a script that explored a high-concept original...
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New Storytelling Paradigms – Crots And Fractals (Part 2)

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Story Paradigms:CrotsA crot is defined as a piece of story. I’m not sure you can get away with seemingly unrelated pieces of story, but imagine if you could throw small vignettes on the screen that will then form the whole. Like a jigsaw puzzle tossed willy-nilly on a board and you must pu...
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New Storytelling Paradigms – Meander and Explode (Part 1)

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Story Paradigms:I am a curmudgeonly sort when it comes to change. And I tend not to like trends because they mostly don’t stand the test of time. Social media? A flash in the pan. Okay, so I was wrong about that one – big time. But these so-called “New Hollywood Structures” leave me as col...
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“Project With A Unique Point Of View” Manager/Producer - Andrew Wilson

“Project With A Unique Point Of View” Andrew Wilson Manager/Producer At Wonder Street Talks Shop:Andrew Wilson whose company was behind the Golden-Globe winning The Mauritanian starring Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim shares his insights on the state of the industry and how screenwriters can best work within it.What type of materia...
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Writing Transgender Characters

In the remarkable expressions of humanity and all its incarnations, stories relating to the LGBTIQA communities are increasingly finding their ways onto our mainstream screens. In order for them to create a bigger impact, they should ideally be told by members of those communities to create more realistic and nuanced stories tol...
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Writing Accurate Portrayals Of Mental Health On Screen (Part 2)

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Mental Health:Dr. Jim Kooler, Assistant Deputy Director, Behavioral Health, Department Of Health Care Services, California continues his discussion on writing realistic characters with mental health challenges.DialogueAccurate representation of mental health issues and recovery (or not) ar...
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Writing Accurate Portrayals Of Mental Health On Screen (Part 1)

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Mental Health:Mental HealthWe’ve all seen those tense scenes in films and TV shows where someone has a mental meltdown in a parking lot or is talked down from the ledge just as they’re ready to leap. While these scenarios makes riveting film and television drama, they represent the extremi...

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