Showing posts with label screenwriting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label screenwriting. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

8 Insights taken from Michael Arndt for Setting a Story into Motion

I saw the post on John August's site, Michael Arndt on setting a story in motion, and was inspired by the short video that John shared where Toy Story 3's screenwriter Michael Arndt explores how to get a story started.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Thursday, August 1, 2013

8 Cool Ways to Stoke Your Creative Juices

A great post over at nofilm school explores some traditional and less orthodox approaches to stir up your innate creative juices and get out great storytelling elements.

Check out this article 8 Somewhat Unusual Screenwriting Tips That May Help Kickstart and Maintain Your Creativity
  • Freewrite
  • Get a journal and make it your own
  • Take your characters to lunch
  • Talk to yourself
  • Do bizarre things that make you embarrassed of yourself
  • Become a voyeur
  • Be your characters
  • Take time to just marinate