Two talents, as well as two powers, literary talent- lift language to something really powerful- common talent. OatesĪ writer is a female, male creature- both are essential- find balance The writer interrupts what he thinks is the truthĬom script- in love with abstract possibilities-story is a metaphor for life Truth is not what happens, but what we think about what happens… Some things that facts are the truth, but facts are neutral- it has no meaning until someone gives it a meaning- homeless people are a fact- some will say it’s the homeless persons fault- bad choice- others: our fault- now, what’s the truth? STORY TO LIFE: POEM THAT EVENTS ON ACTION NOT LINESĪ life poem, enough like life that people understand, but not boringly obvious, a meta Personal story: under told, writing just like life (verisimilitude)Ĭom script- over done, stimulate the audience Personal story bad script…follow person around in lifeĬommercial script -the thing that will end civilization, as we know it The unlived life is not worth examining….a concept is like standing on the steps of Carnegie hall humming” real insight into humanity…plus a mastery of the craft!!!!!!!Ĭraft takes your story to where it must go, a concept is not good alone Innate the ability to see, analogical talent, hidden connection that fuses them by a third new thing…. Talent is a gift, taste is a talent, born with it, You must have the idea, a fresh insight into life, a tremendous knowledge of the world of characters that you create, some wit, passion for perfection, passion to rewrite and rewrite, and must hate being in the medium The form is not ‘format’ but STORY, WELL TOLD Men in Black, Gods and Monsters, The red violin, Afterlife, Groundhog Day,Īt heart all good stories are the same thing…form to story telling, just like an essential form to music, Tender Mercies, Hannah and her sister, what about Mary, Short Cuts, Parenthood, Tell story! Tell story! Tell story! American Beauty, Being John Malcolvitch “No smog in LA just the smell of bad scripts”Ĥ0 and 50 thousand titles registered in WGAħ50 million spent on the search for material, 25% goes to readers,75% for options for screenplays not produced. Those who can do it have a sellers market… What was added? What was cut? 6 months, you will be great!Ī great story, a great story, a great story, a great story, a great story, Scriptcity- where you can buy a film- rent the movie- study, it scene by scene Not a hobby, not an art form, but a profession Writing-dipping your pen into that sticky thing known as human emotion What is the stuff of writing…what makes it tick…its not words Bob Roeįind time to write-alone-lock yourself away from the phone and the worldīest writing in on Television “Traffic” not a good storyĭefinitions: call something by its ‘name’ as a writer It doesn’t matter how many people want to do what you do, what matters is how well you do what you do. Robert McKee: Notes from Seminar 3-2-01
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