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21 février 2012

One story, Four Pitches

Everyone insists on how important a pitch is. But as for myself, I think every writer needs four different and necessary pitches. First is the install pitch, the initial appeal of a conflicting contrast, a fresh situation around someone in relation with...

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Tags: stories, audience, midpoint, end, theme, writers, development, pitch, setup, writing process

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18 février 2012

Backstory and the sense of loss

In a movie, the revelation of the backstory can be mind blowing or a miserable burden in the telling : how much, when, what for, from whose point of view, at what progressing rythm (Chinatown) or unique intensity (Runaway Jury, Psycho) is the ultimate...

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Tags: Casablanca, Juliette, Romeo, Titanic, backstory, dynamic, loss, storytelling

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11 février 2012

Pivotal Moments 1- How miraculous : the characters necessity fits your need

Let's be clear : while the message of stories and even our intention as writers are most of the time noble and sincere, the « craft » is mainly about trickery, cheat, duplicity. And it's fun ! For instance, when the story begins the goal of your character...

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Tags: stories, screenplays, craft, duplicity, fun, inciting incident, opening image, pivotal moments, theme, writers

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19 février 2011

Scope, descent, elevation : the symbolism of spaces

It's been a long time since I wanted to post a note about this. I wanted it to be perfect, full of meaning and precise. But as you know, perfection means never, in a writer's language. As a great master once stated « There is no try. DO. Or do not » Yoda...

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Tags: writing, stories, dreams, frontiers, screenwriting, symbolism, unconscious

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14 septembre 2010

Simple Tools part 2 : Heart of the Replicants

In a previous post I tried to make my own ideas clearer about brains and the huge intellectual process involved in conceiving screenplays. Let's now have a look to the second and only other tool we have to master : our heart. Simple tools, brains and...

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Tags: Blade Runner, audience, heart, mensch, replicant, screenplays, story

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11 juillet 2010

Simple tools. A noble word : intelligence.

We all read, write, feel. We all try hard to imagine the most emotional scenes, the best way to tell the stories we work on. Fine. But do we all ? Really ? I mean do we really share the same experience ? When I look at myself, on my own way to become...

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Tags: writing, brains, creative, experience, simple, stories

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