Quote of the day “Dialogue, dramatized and narratized, performs three essential funcions: exposition, characterization, action.” -Robert McKee, Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen. Video of the week: Conversations Writing 5 Reasons to Consider Using an Omniscient Narrator | Live Write Thrive The Four Things Your Protagonist Needs In Your Story | Jennifer Blanchard How Much… View Post
Aristotle says, ‘Happiness depends upon ourselves.’ Viktor Frankl says, ‘Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms–to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.’ Walt Whitman writes, ‘Keep your face always toward the sunshine–and shadows will fall behind you.’ I love what Aristotle, Viktor Frankl,… View Post
Quote of the day “Action is character; a person is what he does, not what he says… Because we’re telling a story in pictures, we must show how the character acts and reacts to the incidents and events that he/she confronts and overcomes (or doesn’t overcome) during the story line.” -Syd Field. Video of the week: Accion is character … View Post
Thoughts cause us misery. We use to identify ourselves with our thoughts. Freedom comes when we realize we are not our thoughts. The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. Think that there are no random events, nor are there events or things that exist by and for themselves, in isolation. The atoms that… View Post
Quote of the day “(…) every movie …sets its own special reality. And once those limits are established, they may not be broken without the risk of fragmenting the entire picture.” -William Goldman. Video of the week: Where Story Meets Style Writing 3 Secrets Great Writers Know About Experimental Fiction | The Write Practice Angela’s Fantastic Finds for Writers |… View Post
There is a decision you need to make that is more important than the goals you set for defining what you want to have in your life. This is: Who do I want to be? Your values, beliefs and attitudes , the way a person expresses their values and beliefs through words and behaviors, define you. Self-discipline: A virtue… View Post
Quote of the day “The single biggest mistake writers make when creating characters is that they think of the hero and all other characters as separate individuals… The result is not only a week hero but also cardboard opponents and minor characters who are even weaker.” -John Truby. Video of the week: The art of character Writing How to Write… View Post
