My Screenwriting Career Doesn't Exist

1) Readers do not connect to my screenplays.  Why?  I don't know.  It's a mystery.  And mysteries are unsolvable.

2) I will never be a screenwriter.  I do not live in Los Angeles or New York City.
 
3) I spend years of my life writing stories in screenplay format that no one wants to read.  But I won't let myself stop.  Why?  I believe I am addicted to it and whisper to myself, "maybe, maybe there is a chance." When I know there is no chance.

4) I will not be spending anytime working towards making the screenplays into movies.  I do not have the time, money, or the resources to make these screenplays into movies.



  

Screenplay Formulas - Fuck 'em

"When we put too much energy into eliminating mistakes,

we're less likely to gain insights."

Read that quote again.

Whether it's a paradigm or a piece of software, the splinter under your nail is in fact the path laid out for you from which no obstacles abound.

If you want to write well, step into the fog.

LOW to HIGH - CHARACTER - Screenwriting

When your writing a screenplay, have you ever considered this idea?

You're character is at a LOW or HIGH point in their life at the beginning.

Think about that and show it.

You can structure a story as such:

LOW-HIGH-LOW-HIGH

LOW-HIGH

LOW-LOWER

HIGH-HIGHER (probably a boring movie)

What's also interesting is that while the stakes are getting higher and you are developing the rising action you are also developing this undulating HIGH to  LOW to HIGH to LOW etc.


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The opening scenes setup that your character is in a low point of their life.  They suck at their job, they suck at their relationships, they suck at the way they see themselves.

Your closing scenes will show the opposite.

Be Free

The better writer you become - the farther away you will feel from realizing your dreams.  Fucking life lesson.

Characters - Screenwriting

Characters are like musical instruments.

You must learn how to play them.

Screenwriting - Top Returns by Percentage

Idea - that's about 1%-10% of your screenplay.

Character - that's about 90-99% of your screenplay

Develop and differentiate your characters.  And let your idea be.