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Week 15 Storylab

For this week I decided to do my first storylab. I went over to Writers Write and read some of the articles there to learn more about how I can improve my writing.

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The first article that intrigued me the most was the one about method writing. I had no idea method writing was actually a thing. Here are so facts and tips regarding method writing:

  • Put yourself in your character's shoes. Imagine the times you were closest to what they character is feeling. Draw out your character's emotions from your own in that experience. 
  • Use sub-characters within your own characters. See the bad guy within yourself and your characters by looking in the mirror and writing about the worst parts of yourself and your character's life. 
  • We change the way we act in different situations, take this into consideration when your characters are put in new situations, what would they do, what would you do? 


The second article that I enjoyed reading was "Joy Williams’ 8 Essential Attributes Of The Short Story". I often find myself struggling to write short stories/narrative for short films I make, so this article really helped me. Some things to take away: 
  • You story may have a simple narrative, but the inner narrative needs to be built up and considered as well. 
  • Have control over the whole story, from head to toe.
  • Have strong points, such as sentences, that don't need support from others. 

The last article I read was about screenwriting, which relates to me well because I am a film major. The article, "5 Lies New Screenwriters Tell Themselves", is an article to help humble the charismatic writer. you can't have expectations to make it big on your first script, and you can't always trust directors to not modify your script when they make it into a film. Writing a good screenplay take work and dedication, you'll almost never score big on your first one and even if you do, don't expect to make tons of money. 


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