2010 Gold Rush Writers Retreat

Screenwriting--The Basics


by

Mary Webb

Plan your first screenplay.

Learn how writing a screenplay is different from writing a novel or play.

  • What do you want to write about? How to get ideas! (Short writing exercise)
  • Tips from Syd Field, author of Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting on: the three act structure, plot points, settling on a main character, the character's dramatic need, beginnings & endings

  • What kinds of films are there?
  • What kind do you want to write? (A short discussion of genres and more)
  • The dilemma of being a screenwriter -------

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