Making a Good Writer Great: A Creativity Workbook for Screenwriters
- ISBN13: 9781879505490
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In any creative endeavor, a knowledge of craft by itself, no matter how sound or thorough, is simply not sufficient to allow for the creation and growth of truly original work. While craft may provide structural tools, it does not address the most basic and universal element of all artistic work-the creative process. Designed not just to awaken creativity but to teach the writer the process of being a creative thinker within the context of screenwriting, this unique new addition to Linda Seger’s highly popular collection of screenwriting books combines current theories of creativity with the practices of screenwriting, focusing on ways in which screenwriters can learn to think and work more creatively. Through discussion, exercises and analysis of scripts, one is eased into understanding and working with such pivotal creative concepts as nonlinear thinking, visual thinking, metaphorical thinking, oppositional thinking and utilizing one’s unconscious mind. Making a Good Writer Great does just what its title professes-provides both novice and experienced writers with the means to expand their creative processes and write at a higher artistic level.
Making a Good Writer Great: A Creativity Workbook for Screenwriters
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By Anonymous, December 12, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
I’ve found so much inspiration in Making a Good Writer Great. Seger’s words have helped me break through that brick wall. She is truly a light to see by. I can call myself a screenwriter once again.
Rating: 5 / 5
By MJM, December 12, 2009 @ 10:45 pm
Take your creativity another step…toward greatness. This is a workout book for the screenwriter’s mind. You will never be stuck for ideas and inspiration. Once again Linda Seger’s honesty, organization and sincerity come through. In person Linda is great, but if you aren’t lucky enough to meet her, this is the next best thing.
Rating: 5 / 5
By Rachel Ballon, December 13, 2009 @ 12:35 am
I really enjoyed Making a Good Writer Great. I am a writer as well as a writing teacher and I think this book is unique and helpful to writers of all genres. I like the way Linda gets into the writer’s creativity and enjoyed doing the exercises in the book. I will use some of them for myself as well as for my writing students. Keep up the great work, Linda!
Rating: 5 / 5
By Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D., December 13, 2009 @ 12:56 am
I love and collect books on creativity and problem solving. One of my favorites is Dr. Linda Seger’s, Making a Good Writer Great: A Creative Workbook for Screenwriters. The title, unfortunately, is too narrow for its own good. It should be: Unleashing Your Creative Genius: Screenwriting as a Metaphor for World Peace…or something just as ostentatious. I’m serious. First, using Linda’s techniques just replace all forms of the term “writer” for whatever job you’re in: “engineer,” “teacher,” “mother,” “assembler,” “unemployed,” or “politician.” (On second thought, strike that last example.) Second, insert YOURSELF as the protagonist of YOUR PERSONAL story. Third, pick the problem you’re having difficulty solving. And finally, using Linda’s techniques and exercises creatively think your way to a solution just as you would the fictional character in a story. The problems that face all of us–writer, repressed child, or okay, even world leader–can be solved by using Linda’s 12-step program. Here they are in my own words. 1. Discover your mission (or goal). 2. Articulate your values. 3. List the obstacles. 4. Plot turning points around the obstacles. 5. Stick to your passions. 6. Master your powers of observation. 7. Attach meaning to your experiences. 8. Accept your flaws as reasons to persevere. 9. Leverage the opposing forces. 10. Purpose to change the world. 11. Ask God for supernatural inspiration. And 12. Use feedback to ever improve. Linda’s book is a winning tool for everyone…including writers.
Linda’s writing was very helpful in the writing of my own book on screenwriting published by Michael Wiese Productions: THE MORAL PREMISE: Harnessing Virtue and Vice for Box Office Success.
Rating: 5 / 5
By Lisa Craig, December 13, 2009 @ 3:09 am
This book combines craft and creativity and provides writers with the knowledge necessary to write at the highest artistic level. The exercises within can be reused time and again and push a writer to think outside the box.
Not a paint-by-numbers approach, instead this author guides you into unlocking and strengthening your own, original voice.
What are you waiting for? This is a great resource!
Rating: 5 / 5