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Want To Compose A Script, Try These Three Tips
Know that you've got a great film idea bouncing around your mind but not quite sure how to get it out on paper? Incomplete screenplays getting dusty in the drawer of your writer's office? Confident you've got what it takes to make buckets of money as a skilled screenwriter but not sure how to get it down on your laptop?
Here is a quick three-step guide to preparing and executing a script idea that doesn't stink, will move people and will possibly help you achieve the screenwriting profession of your dreams.
Brainstorm
So where would you start when learning how to write a script? You need more than just... "Two men fight in space" or "A mutant crocodile attacks Vegas." Movies are about characters. Specifically one character-who needs to go through an ordeal of some type. So why not make the character you.
Start journaling about times in your life when you were sentimentally pushed to the brink. Is there one concept that comes up in your life again and again? How can you turn that into a story? (Who knows, maybe there's a mutant crocodile involved?)
Logline
So you've got a basic 'vibe' or 'feel' you want for the story. "A young man clashes w/his parents over college." Now it is time to turn up the heat and make it a story. That's when you really begin digging into how to write a script.
This is where we think of a logline-the outdated TV guide mini-descriptions of shows you may find in the periodical. So what is a logline...?
It is not "Transformers on a Ferris Wheel." It is a circumstance: where Somebody must do something (that's truly hard/uncomfortable to do) to avoid/prevent/attain something or else this other worse something could happen.
A young farmer should leave the comfort of his home town to join an intergalactic space battle or the universe will be taken over by an evil empire. (Star Wars)
Elevator Pitch
This is where you pitch your idea to everyone you know. Don't worry, nobody will steal it. (They would have to actually compose it.) Just keep going until you have an idea where others go, wow that's amazing. When you have that, you've learned how to write a script, and you are ready to write a screenplay
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