If you’re writing a script, ask yourself what you’re trying to say. Yes, it’s always the big, simple questions that drive writers crazy. Sometimes, in all the excitement of creating a new world, we forget to ask ourselves, “What am I trying to say?” It’s okay, you can get a lot down on…
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FOLLOWING CHARACTERS
Characters drive stories, not the reverse. While apparently random and unexpected things occur in stories, most ‘inciting incidents’ (the event that gets the story moving) are not unique: the arrival of an unpopular relative, a tidal wave or a bag of money have all been done before. It’s how characters respond to these events…