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By Robert J. Avrech (Emmy winner)
http://www.seraphicpress.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay/
"I get a fair amount of email from readers asking me about writing.
More specifically, how do I go about writing a movie?
Writing is ninety percent perspiration, ten percent inspiration. In other words do not wait to get struck with inspiration. That’s a load of romantic nonsense. In fact, that’s a sure way not to write. The biggest secret in Hollywood—at least for writers who actually work and make money—is how hard they work. Discipline is the name of the game. Organization is vital. An obsession with the minutae of a story is a requirement. G-d is in the details.
Before we get to the five basic rules, you have to know who your main character is and ask three questions of him:
1. What does your main character want?
2. Why can’t he get it?
3. How does he overcome the various obstacles in his path to achieve his goal?
Once you can answer these questions, you can move on to the Five Rules of Screenwriting:
Rule #1: Start at the end. You have to know the end of your movie before you write your screenplay. It’s sort of like Waze: you have to enter your destination to get there......"
-- more at the link, if interested --
http://www.seraphicpress.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay/
"I get a fair amount of email from readers asking me about writing.
More specifically, how do I go about writing a movie?
Writing is ninety percent perspiration, ten percent inspiration. In other words do not wait to get struck with inspiration. That’s a load of romantic nonsense. In fact, that’s a sure way not to write. The biggest secret in Hollywood—at least for writers who actually work and make money—is how hard they work. Discipline is the name of the game. Organization is vital. An obsession with the minutae of a story is a requirement. G-d is in the details.
Before we get to the five basic rules, you have to know who your main character is and ask three questions of him:
1. What does your main character want?
2. Why can’t he get it?
3. How does he overcome the various obstacles in his path to achieve his goal?
Once you can answer these questions, you can move on to the Five Rules of Screenwriting:
Rule #1: Start at the end. You have to know the end of your movie before you write your screenplay. It’s sort of like Waze: you have to enter your destination to get there......"
-- more at the link, if interested --
