October
2
2009
What Is The Best Way To Break Into Screenwriting?
I am interested in writing fiction (novels, stageplays and screenplays). I am also a column writer and need general advice on writing.
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Category: Screenwriting Help | Posted by: brian on October 2, 2009
3 Comments to “What Is The Best Way To Break Into Screenwriting?”
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By Blade, October 2, 2009 @ 6:29 am
You don’t say much about yourself. Do you have a degree in screenwriting? or fiction writing? That’s the place to start.
By Fall Down Laughing, October 2, 2009 @ 6:35 am
there are firms that hire screenwriting assistant in cali. if you are not in cali, then you can work with other films maker/theatre/etc.
By iwrite2i, October 2, 2009 @ 6:47 am
best way to write is to develop your charcters first, so that you know their backround, family, experiences, traits, etc. This might take a while, but it is definetly worth the trouble to have a deep circle of characters to work with. How you decide to put these people together in your story makes your plot. It’s best that you do it this way, making your storyline interesting because of all the connecting history behind it. But if you already have a plot in mind, develop your characters and use them to tweak your story. Stay open for changes at every turn. I have been working on writing a novel for around six years:
I started with an alien family- an adopted fat son named Hector, an older sister who was into science, and a cute baby alien all living with their two alien parents. THey are normal at the beginning and then they get pulled into this thing where the whole family gets killed off one by one by the evil Evala (an alien) while hector fights her off and eventually wins. Pretty sad, but I was in 3rd grade.
Now? lol, hector is a human Amrith (someone trained for combat by a secret society) hunting Everah (the evil villain) who actually CREATED HIM because… Everah’s parents were killed by this guy, and so she wants revenge. She creates Hector, and hunts him for the rest of her life while he is trying to figure the whole thing out. Hector’s friend Blade is a bounty hunter, daughter of the famous bounty hunter Arc Thesis and Katana Tier who died at her birth. She signs a deal with Everah, unknowingly, and kidnaps Hector, her friend, for her, in exchange for her own child. I could keep going all day. Every single charcter was carefully developed till I knew every single detail of their lives, so I could type for hours just trying to tell you the plot! It makes for a much better, well thought novel (by the way, I’m STILL working on my people!).
I hope I haven’t bored you, and that this helps. I can’t stress it enough! IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS!!!! ;)
GOOD LUCK!