Of late, I’ve been thinking of myself less as a writer and more as a storyteller whose medium is the written form. A subtle difference perhaps, but one that allows me to focus on the story itself and less on the nuts & bolts of its construction.
A few months ago, I’d fallen into the trap of thinking that I was only getting work done when I was writing (as opposed to world or character building), which meant I would jump into a new story without taking the time to properly ground myself. But by thinking in terms of story, I’ve allowed myself to dabble a bit at the beginning and get a rough framework in place. Not an outline, but rather a more fully thought-out world to play in.
To that end, I’ve started broadening my horizons by looking at other forms of storytelling, namely screenwriting. While Hollywood holds little allure for me, I’m very interested in how movies handle storytelling, and what of that I can apply to writing.
A screenwriter is hosting a free seminar next Monday on story design, and while I’ve never heard of him, he’s had more success than me, so I’m sure I can pick-up a few pointers that translate. Details are below in blue (my highlighting).
Monday, June 15th, 5:30 pm Pacific
6:30pm Mountain / 7:30pm Central / 8:30pm Eastern
Learn the Method Chris used to sell his screenplay for $750,000!!
Go to: www.screenplaybyphone.com/blasts/cs
YOU'RE INVITED...
TO A COMPLIMENTARY TELESEMINAR CONFERENCE CALL!
Learn a new method of story design that is four times better, easier and more helpful than the three-act structure. Movies are shot on reels and each one tells its own part of the story -- like a chapter in a novel! Together they add up to the perfect screenplay! And it works in any genre! Call in and see! Learn the method Chris Soth use d to sell his thesis screenplay FIRESTORM for three-quarters of a million dollars -- while he was still a student in grad school!
This is Chris Soth's SIGNATURE LECTURE on The Mini-Movie Method, the one his ebook, seminar, and DVDs are ALL about - the one that's changing the way stories are structured.
Whether you write Screenplays, Novels, Graphic Novels, Comic Books, Webisodes, or even Video Games...
In short, if you are ANY KIND OF A STORYTELLER, you can learn to:
- SEE your whole story as a movie before you start!
- CREATE the winning "sequences", each a MINI-MOVIE all its own!
- CAPTURE the attention of your audience - and KEEP IT!
- STENGTHEN every beat of your story to keep it CAPTIVATING!
Join us on the call and learn the MINI-MOVIE METHOD Chris learned at USC that sold his thesis screenplay for $750K!!!
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