Often the hardest thing is to get started. What you need to do is to STOP PROCRASTINATING - just get a few sheets of paper and a pencil. Don't waste time setting up nice little files on your computer - then going for a break 'while you think' .... Don't get caught up in what you great opening scene is going to be - or how to construct your 'hook'. Realistically, they are waaaaaaaaay down the line.
If you've got an idea for a story - and you believe in it. You truly think that it will make a good movie and you are sure that's it's not derivative - that it has something unique, then this is what to do :
Take those sheets of paper and pencil, find a comfortable place to sit and write out your story in brief and basic elements. Use these questions as prompts. You may not have all the answers at once and you don't have to do them in order, you may have more than one differing answer to a question - this is good !
Protagonist
- Who is your protagonist? (brief description)
- What is the protagonist's goal? (plot)
- Why must the protagonist achieve this goal? (stakes)
- What general course of action will the protagonist pursue? (Plan)
- What does your protagonist want?
- What does the protagonist need (to learn)?
Antagonist
- Who is your antagonist? (brief description)
- What is the antagonist's goal?
- What general course of action will the antagonist pursue? (Plan)
- Why must the antagonist achieve this goal? Story
- What is the story theme?
Logline : Now write a one-page summary of your script.
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