Re: Three Act Structure (Part 2)
You can write short screenplays. I didn't think I was interested in shorts, but then it's a way to direct something you've written yourself. So I entered one of Southern_Land's contest here on these boards last April.
I found that you can effectively write something good as a short. I'm not sure why I didn't have the confidence prior to then, but I do now. You can write a complete story. A moment in time. I quite enjoyed it and it only took, I think, 3 days.
I want to direct something myself in the future. At least now I know I can write something in a shorter format. It is a period piece, so there's that. The short was inspired by a song, which, in my case was, The House of the Rising Sun.
I think that draft is still here... http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/...ghlight=THOTRS I think there were 8 submissions. Fun to read what stories writers came up with.
I would encourage you to try, JoeNYC, it can be rewarding and doesn't take that long. Three act structure. Realized characters. Conflict and most of all it teaches you where to focus, because you have so few pages.
Southern_Land hasn't had a contest, that I recall, recently, but maybe he will again. The award was very generous-- a read review from Titan Creed, who I have since used two times and have two scripts set up in his queue currently.
He provided excellent notes. Very generous notes that impacted the direction of my rewrite and ultimately the finished product.
You can write short screenplays. I didn't think I was interested in shorts, but then it's a way to direct something you've written yourself. So I entered one of Southern_Land's contest here on these boards last April.
I found that you can effectively write something good as a short. I'm not sure why I didn't have the confidence prior to then, but I do now. You can write a complete story. A moment in time. I quite enjoyed it and it only took, I think, 3 days.
I want to direct something myself in the future. At least now I know I can write something in a shorter format. It is a period piece, so there's that. The short was inspired by a song, which, in my case was, The House of the Rising Sun.
I think that draft is still here... http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/...ghlight=THOTRS I think there were 8 submissions. Fun to read what stories writers came up with.
I would encourage you to try, JoeNYC, it can be rewarding and doesn't take that long. Three act structure. Realized characters. Conflict and most of all it teaches you where to focus, because you have so few pages.
Southern_Land hasn't had a contest, that I recall, recently, but maybe he will again. The award was very generous-- a read review from Titan Creed, who I have since used two times and have two scripts set up in his queue currently.
He provided excellent notes. Very generous notes that impacted the direction of my rewrite and ultimately the finished product.
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