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Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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Something Charlie Chaplin said: "Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watch-tower on the look-out for incidents that may excite the imagination - music, a sunset, may give image to an idea.
I would say, pick a subject that will stimulate you, elaborate it and in
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If a filmmaker (who writes) can get through those 120 or so pages, the fun part begins. Actually, every stage of filmmaking is full of torment and endless setbacks, but you’re no longer alone. The truth is, I’m never as happy as when I’m making a film, not so much because I'm actively enjoying it; the unrelenting stress, the prospect of failure, th... See more
Divine Thing: A Note from Aaron Schimberg
And when you’re stuck, something deep in your brain will start thinking for you … That’s the only way to look at it. It’ll be some experience from the past that you don’t recall, some fusion of a variety of things, something that will make sense to you if you do it in a specific way, something that appears to be at the limits of your ability … And
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Some of the most interesting discussion about story and how it works (and remember, I’m talking practical hands-on stuff here) has come from the makers of films.
Philip Pullman • Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling
A great work is a living metaphor that says, “Life is like this.”
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
stories are equipment for living.