Screenwriting From Iowa

EVERY SCENE MUST BE DRAMATIC. THAT MEANS: THE MAIN CHARACTER MUST HAVE A SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD, PRESSING NEED WHICH IMPELS HIM OR HER TO SHOW UP IN THE SCENE. THIS NEED IS WHY THEY CAME. IT IS WHAT THE SCENE IS ABOUT. THEIR ATTEMPT TO GET THIS NEED MET WILL LEAD, AT THE END OF THE SCENE, TO FAILURE – THIS IS HOW THE SCENE IS OVER. IT, THIS FAILURE, WILL, THEN, OF NECESSITY, PROPEL US INTO THE NEXT SCENE.” David Mamet Back in 2010 I wrote […]

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Here are some quotes pulled from my older posts Writing Actor Bait (2012) and Writing for Movie Stars (2010): “Producers and directors buy a property because they like the story. Actors buy it because they see them­selves in a part. ” Jerry Lewis The Total Film-Maker “If you want to attach a star, then you really […]

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