Screenwriting Tricks of SELMA - to help you write your book! Overview
It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Why not celebrate this hero and work on your storytelling craft this month—by watching SELMA?
In SELMA, the filmmakers use the structural form of a war story and storytelling conventions of great war movies to create a storyline every bit as riveting as a thriller.
It’s also one of the best examples I know of the powerhouse storytelling technique of building FORCES OF ANTAGONISM.
I suggest you watch the whole film just to experience it, and then watch it again one 15-minute sequence at a time, following along with my notes.
Buy or rent SELMA here: https://amzn.to/3GNoZ3Q
If you need to catch up on how and why films tend to be structured in 15-minute Sequences and why it’s so game-changing to use the technique in novels, the Screenwriting Tricks for Authors workbooks introduce that in Chapter 5, with examples throughout the books.
Get the workbooks:
- Stealing Hollywood: https://amzn.to/2zWm76k
- Writing Love: https://amzn.to/2zfil7N
Get free course materials and full movie breakdowns: https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com
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