6 STEPS TO WRITING A SCREENPLAY | 1. IDEA
This is the start of your journey towards telling your story. Your idea is the spark that ignites your interest in whatever you want to write about, but there’s so much more you can do to set yourself up for success.
In this episode we start to look at our connection to stories and storytelling. We talk about developing your premise, defining your controlling idea, and honing in on your intention with a logline.
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In this episode we use examples from:
Cast Away - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162222/...
The Edge of Tomorrow - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/...
Jurassic Park - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/...
Finding Nemo - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266543/...
Scarface - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250/...
Erin Brockovich - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/...
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6 STEPS TO WRITING A SCREENPLAY is a quick-start guide to transforming your initial ideas into a fully developed story. Across the series we look at IDEAS, PLOT, RHYTHM, CHARACTER, DIALOGUE and SCENE WORKSHOP.
The ideas presented in this series are of course not my own, but rather my own collection of lessons that particularly resonated with me, which I’ve tried to organise in a way that feels practical. However I should give special mention to the following inspirational teachers and sources which have contributed tremendous amounts of material to what’s included in this series.
Robert McKee - https://mckeestory.com
Blake Snyder - https://savethecat.com
John August - https://johnaugust.com
Craig Mazin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_M...
Syd Field - https://sydfield.com
John Yorke - https://www.johnyorkestory.com
Bang2Write - https://bang2write.com
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ScreenStories is a place for storytellers to learn, to teach, to help each other out, and to be inspired. All discussion on screenwriting, storytelling, narrative, books, films, TV shows…or anything else that interests you is welcome.
Most of the content here is in the form of writing tutorials, but art-is-more-art-than-science, and rules are meant to be broken, so please tell me if you disagree with anything in the videos, or would like to offer alternative perspectives on any of the topics.
Thank you for being here!
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