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Posted in Story on apr 22nd, 2007
Some say that writing can’t be taught. If you have the talent, you have it, and if you don’t you don’t. So what’s the point of going to school anyway? Why don’t you just sit at home and write!?!
But school is good for lots of stuff in my opinion. The thought that creativity springs magically [...]
Posted in Story on sep 13th, 2006
Here’s where I’m going to be be in mid-november: Robert McKee is coming to London. I missed his seminar in Copenhagen a few years back, but this time I’m determined to put in the money to see the premier screenwriting-guru of our time. Some people have problems with the overly structured neatness of Story, but [...]
Posted in Film og tv, Story on aug 4th, 2006
That’s the central question asked – and almost answered – in Bryan Singers quite satisfying rewriting of the Superman-legend, Superman Returns. Is he alien Superman from the planet Krypton, or is he human Clark Kent? Will he be able to bridge the two worlds – and how? Here is my little essay on the main [...]
Posted in Story on jul 13th, 2006
I just stumbled over this two-years old interview with screen-writing guru Robert McKee. It’s a few years after he was portrayed (not that flatteringly) in the movie Adaptation, and concerns this movie and some background on McKee, but the really interesting stuff is his opinions on where screenwriting stands today:
MCKEE: If I were a young [...]
Posted in Story on jun 30th, 2006
Introducing the new category: Storyware. Storyware is a computer programme that can help the storyteller keep track of his story and fuel his creativity. I’ve tried a few, but not with the results I wanted. Either the programs were too open-ended and unstructurized to be of use, or they were to tightly constrained by specific [...]
How could I forget the dilemmas? Dilemmas are what makes stories interesting. Choices between good and bad are not interesting. Should I fight the terrorists or be deafeated? No dilemma, boring decision (however, there might be interesting choices on the path to fighting the terrorists). But choosing between fighting the terrorists and saving my wife [...]
Posted in Story on apr 7th, 2006
Don’t think that anyone else will know better than you what to do with the story. It’s yours. You can ask for advice all you want, but it’s up to you to decide which advice is the best.
Posted in Story on apr 7th, 2006
When writing: what matters is what you actually write, not what you didn’t write or what you thought about writing what you wrote.
You think that something important should be included, but can’t figure out how to do it. But remember, the audience only see what you write (or: what ends up on the screen). Don’t [...]
Aristoteles once wrote: You become courageous not by contemplating courageousness, but by doing courageous deeds. In the same manner, you create a courageous character by showing his courageous deeds.
Posted in Story on jan 19th, 2006
Surprises in stories are about enjoyment. In order to really enjoy a satifsfying surprise I need to be expecting it in some way or another – although I should certainly not ’see it coming a mile away’. The surprise has to be in some way meaningful – therefore it has to be in some way [...]
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