Scenewriting: The Missing Manual for Screenwriters

ISBN-13: 9781501352133 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 264 str.

Chris Perry; Eric Henry Sanders

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Why a Book About Scenes? Planning, Drafting, Perfecting What is a Great Scene, Anyway? PART I: Planning CHAPTER 1: What Do They Want And Why? What’s It All About? EXERCISE: Overarching Goal One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor Kinds of Scene Goals Objects Words from Others Getting Somewhere Completing A Task Qualities of Scene Goals Relatability Specificity Achievability EXERCISE: And… Scene. CHAPTER 2: Why Can’t They Have It? The Universe Is Out To Get You You Can’t Share A Parking Space But I Thought We Were Friends Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Things In Absentia It’s Not You, It’s Me EXERCISE: Exploring the Possibilities The Just Right Obstacle Resonance with World and Tone Resonance with Theme EXERCISE: What Story Does This Obstacle Tell? Time Isn’t On Your Side EXERCISE: Limit the Resources, And Pick CHAPTER 3: What Are They Gonna Do About It? Don’t Just Stand There, Do Something! You Talkin’ To Me? (Characters versus Others) You Can’t Argue With a River (Characters versus Things) I’m My Own Worst Enemy (Character versus Self) Getting By With A Little Help With My Friends EXERCISE: Exploring Approaches It’s Only a Mistake if You Don’t Learn From It Themes Like a Good Idea EXERCISE: So THAT Didn’t Work... Where’re You Going With This? EXERCISE: So How Does Your Scene End? Not All Actions Are Created Equal Cooking Up Stakes It Takes Two To Tango Matching World and Tone EXERCISE: One Full Approach CHAPTER 4: Where And When Is It Gonna Happen? Changing Settings Does Not Necessarily Mean Changing Scenes It’s About Freakin’ Time EXERCISE: Identify Your Moment in Time Location, Location, Location! EXERCISE: Zooming in on the Precise Location Research and Destroy EXERCISE: Research and Character Preoccupations PART II: Drafting Chapter 5: The Fundamental Tools of Scenewriting Show ‘Em What You Got Pacing EXERCISE: Basic Practice With Scene Description EXERCISE: Basic Practice With Dialogue Chapter 6: The Art of Reader Engagement Make ‘Em Work For It EXERCISE: Mapping out a Treasure Hunt Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition! Shock EXERCISE: Leverage The Unusual In Your Scene Make ‘Em Wait EXERCISE: Setting Up Anticipation Feast Your Eyes On This! EXERCISE: Add a Little Wonder Chapter 7: The Unformatted Draft Let’s Get This Party Started When and Where Knock Knock... Better Late Than Boring EXERCISE: Writing the Beginning Scenis Morghulis: All Scenes Must End Reveals The Natural Ending The Cyclical Ending The Reversal Ending The Unexplained Mystery Ending Inviting The Reader Into The Next Scene We’re Closing Early EXERCISE: Writing the End In the Middle With You One Thing Leads To Another (But and Therefore) What’s at Stake EXERCISE: Filling Out The Middle Chapter 8: Formatting for Fun and Profit Courier? I Don’t Even Know Her! A Minute Per Page EXERCISE: Pick Your Software and Import Your Unformatted Draft A Slugline Says What? EXERCISE: Writing Sluglines You Lookin’ at Me? CALLOUTS Transition Callouts EXERCISE: Format That Scene Description You Got Something to Say? Wrylies Pauses and Interruptions MORE and CONT’D Trailing Off, Interrupting, and Talking Over Other Ways Characters Can Talk: O.S. and V.O. EXERCISE: Format Your Dialogue PART III: Perfecting CHAPTER 9: Check Your Length The Bare Necessities EXERCISE: Throwin’ Strikeouts Whoa, I Think I Missed Something EXERCISE: Did You Throw Out The Baby With The Bathwater? Chapter 10: Managing Scene Information In Dialogue As You Know, I’m Your Son I’m So Conflicted Do You Know Why I Pulled You Over? Thank You, Captain Obvious EXERCISE: Un-obviousing Your Exposition Yeah, You Already Said That Here We Are In Prison That’s My Name, Don’t Wear It Out EXERCISE: Removing Redundant Exposition Chapter 11: Bringing Authenticity Into Your Dialogue Keepin’ It Real I’m Listening Speaking of Questions... EXERCISE: Going Off-Topic and Ignoring Read Between The Lines Using Subtext To Avoid Hurt Feelings Off-Topic Subtext Using Subtext To Communicate Emotions EXERCISE: What I Mean Is... You Sound Just Like My Mom EXERCISE: Finding Your Voice The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You EXERCISE: Music in Dialogue Chapter 12: Final Polish Once More With Feeling Scene POV Spotlight It Writer’s Commentary Poetic Impression EXERCISE: Write In The Feels Smooth It Out Eschew Impenetrability Avoid Ambiguity SProoffrreading Are Important EXERCISE: Line By Line, For Clarity Last Looks White Space For The Win Compressing EXERCISE: Expand And Compress Okay, Now What? Bonus Chapter: Expanding Your Development Circle Not All Readers Are Created Equal EXERCISE: Build Your Reading Roster Readings Are Fundamental First-Time Readers Slings And Arrows Prepping Questions Receiving Critique EXERCISE: Preparing For A Reading Found In Translation Collecting Waiting Translating Revising EXERCISE: Lather, Rinse, Repeat Appendix A: References Appendix B: Course Adoption Guide A Scenewriting-Only Course Custom Modular Adoption Example Adoption Into a Pilot- or Feature-writing Course Example Adoption Into a Short Film Writing Course Acknowledgements Index