by Film School | Feb 18, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #165 The Hardest Part of Storytelling Writing is hard. Often. Not all the time, certainly . . . writing is hard, it seems, until it’s not. For a while. And then it’s hard again. Writing is perhaps at it’s hardest when it doesn’t...
by Film School | Feb 11, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #164 How to Write a Great Ending Go out with a BANG! Of the three most basic parts of a story–beginning, middle, and end–the ending probably gets the most attention. A good one will get you the most forgiveness, and a bad one will certainly...
by Film School | Feb 4, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #163 Is it Okay for my Story to Change? A left turn. Off the rails. Sometimes, our story seems to have a mind of it’s own, and it changes as we’re writing it, perhaps even dramatically. Is . . . that okay? Or, is that some kind of red flag,...
by Film School | Jan 28, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #162 How to Write a Great Middle The dreaded “muddy middle.” That’s a common term amongst script writers and storytellers in general. We all know that if a story is going to bog down anywhere, it will happen in that giant middle 50%...
by Film School | Jan 21, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #161 Art vs. Content In the age of content . . . what makes something “art?” Anyone and everyone can make anything these days. That’s objectively wonderful. Inherently, that means there area a multitude of reasons why things are...
by Film School | Jan 14, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #160 How to Write a Great Beginning Start with a BANG! Hook the viewer/reader! Your story should grab them by the throat! We’ve all heard the advice on what the start to our stories need to be . . . but just HOW do we accomplish that? What do the...
Recent Comments