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- Plotting
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- BEATINGWALKER
Every storytelling/screenwriting guru has their own outline of how Beginning-Middle-Ending unfolds, naming necessary beats/events and identifying when they should happen. The 16 lessons of this four week course will walk through the comparison-contrast of two: Blake Snyder and Christopher Vogler. Who do you think will dominate enough to work for you in YOUR process?
Course Outline:
Part I (Initial Writing)
Session One: Semantics of Story Models & You
Session Two: Use of Story Essence in Log Line
Session Three: Freshness vs. Archetypal Storytelling
Session Four: Agreed-upon Archetypal Characters
Session Five: Creating Signposts vs. Beats
Session Six: Story that Sells & Audience Satisfaction
Session Seven: Hollywood Trenches vs. the Intellectual High Road
Session Eight: Targeting Story to Your Market
Part II (Problem-Solving)
Session Nine: Bad to Good
Session Ten: Condensing . . . Vividly
Session Eleven: Intensifying Tension
Session Twelve: Analysis of Spine/Purpose
Session Thirteen: Feedback into Rewriting
Session Fourteen: Magic of Pitching
Session Fifteen: Winning Strategies for Longevity
Session Sixteen: Inside and Outside Hollywood
Course Outline:
Part I (Initial Writing)
Session One: Semantics of Story Models & You
Session Two: Use of Story Essence in Log Line
Session Three: Freshness vs. Archetypal Storytelling
Session Four: Agreed-upon Archetypal Characters
Session Five: Creating Signposts vs. Beats
Session Six: Story that Sells & Audience Satisfaction
Session Seven: Hollywood Trenches vs. the Intellectual High Road
Session Eight: Targeting Story to Your Market
Part II (Problem-Solving)
Session Nine: Bad to Good
Session Ten: Condensing . . . Vividly
Session Eleven: Intensifying Tension
Session Twelve: Analysis of Spine/Purpose
Session Thirteen: Feedback into Rewriting
Session Fourteen: Magic of Pitching
Session Fifteen: Winning Strategies for Longevity
Session Sixteen: Inside and Outside Hollywood