My screenwriting class professor introduced me to a text that I had heard of previously but never read. The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler discusses mythic structure and the hero’s journey in story telling. This book and Save the Cat both discuss a structure wherein the hero/shero is shown in their ordinary world. For purposes of my screenplay this has made me rethink my first scenes. Instead of jumping directly to the point at which my hero and shero meet, I have now drafted three scenes showing the “ordinary world” (but hopefully in a way that will hook audience interest) of the hero/shero and the villain.
Sadly…I still have not figured out how to have the hero lose his shirt in these first scenes.
I’m also reworking my “Beat Sheet”. A Beat Sheet is roughly an outline of the major plot points along the three act structure. At this point it is all pretty much a vomit draft. We’ll have to see if it is an improvement over my original structure.
It’s all extremely time consuming hard work. The only fun I’m having is the inspiration videos I’m finding on Youtube. Here’s a link to one that has some particularly smoldering and gorgeous clips of Richard Armitage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotV6szcQN8
Ahhhhhhhh. Just what I needed.
I loved the clip! Keep up the great work on your screen play.
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