Screenwriting: An Adventure into Wonder
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 92
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 92
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Screenwriting: Adventure into Wonder explores the wonder of storytelling from a Judeo-Christian perspective. At its heart, the text addresses the idea that all story is born out of a broken relationship with God. Fundamentally it suggests story is a purposeful and meaningful encounter with God for the writer and hopefully at some level for a reader or viewer of fictional stories. This screenwriting book is a guide for writers to explore the wonder of their own story and how their own life informs stories they want to tell.
- Act One of the text helps a writer consider the origins of story, the root of human conflict, and the personal dynamics of character all in relation to a student’s own story. The backdrop for this exploration is the struggle between the image of God and the image of sinful human in every soul.
- Act Two lays a framework for the practical aspects of writing screenplays, from idea generation to character development to screenplay structure.
- Act Three hopefully propels the reader to believe the value of the stories they create because of the intrinsic value they have as a child of God.
- Completing the Writing Exercises, students will write authentically and honestly by exploring their own life stories.
Act 1: The Set Up
Act 1, Scene 1
The Importance of Your Story
Why Tell Your Stories?
Who Are You? Where did you come from?
Writing Exercise
Act 1, Scene 2
Who Created Story?
Why did God create Story? The Universality of Emotional Truth
Writing Exercises
Act 1, Scene 3
Paradise—Fall—Paradise
God’s Story
Classic Story
Story, The Father’s Call
No Conflict, No Story
Writing Exercise
Act 1, Scene 4
The Heart of Conflict
The First Instance of Conflict (The Heart of Conflict)
The Next Level of Conflict
Sinful Human and God
Human Made in God’s Image and Sinful Human
Sinful Human and Sinful Human
The Reality of the Spirit World
Summary
Writing Exercise
Act 1 Scene 5
The Judeo-Christian Imagination
Image-Makers
The Moral Universe
Redemption
Explicit Redemption
Implicit Redemption
Summary
Writing Exercises
Act 2: Rising Action
Act 2, Scene 6
Story Idea Generation
Adore or Abhor
Story Idea Sparks
Media
Personal Influencers
Scriptures or Quotes
Historical Events or People
Social Issues
Summary
Writing Exercise
Act 2, Scene 7
Character Development
The Want
The Need
The Flaw, The Mask, and The Imposter
The Flaw
The Mask
The Imposter
Intimacy with Your Characters
Summary
Writing Exercises
Act 2, Scene 8
Intro to Story Structure
Story Structure’s Essential Parts
Beat, Scene, Sequence, Act, Play
Three Act Structure
Plot and Plot Points
Minor Plot Point
Moderate Plot Point
Major Plot Point
The Main Plot
Subplots
Writing Exercise
Act 2, Scene 9
Intro to Three Act Structure
Act I
The Hook
The World
The Flaw and The Mask
The Force of Antagonism
The Catalyst
The Inciting Incident
Writing Exercise
Act 2, Scene 10
Act II
B Storyline
Rising Action
The Crisis
Act II Climax
Act III
The Climax
The Climax: Open or Closed Ending
The Denouement
Writing Exercise
Act 3: Climax
Act 3, Scene 11
A Charge
Image of God in You
Human Beings
Ultimate Wonder
Writing Exercise
Appendix: Suggested Reading