dave8983
02-14-2010, 12:53 PM
I haven't had any professional experience with scriptwriting, but I majored in mass communications, and I enjoyed doing it a few times for classes. I've been thinking about practicing it some more when I have time. There's a website called simplyscripts.com, and most of the scripts on there aren't very good, but of course being the type of person that I am, I am willing to do something "different" than most of the armature writers are.
I haven't really struggled with creating plausible scenarios. There have been times when people have nitpicked over some (overall) unimportant details, which is not just my opinion but often admitted by those who nitpick. I certainly don't object to changing a little bit here and there. That's to be expected. Whenever I write something, I think of the beginning and the end first and then try to work inbetween. When I watch a movie or read a book, I think of the story as being "one machine". That's why I hate being asked, "What was your favorite part?" I guess this is the intuitive part of me coming through.
Anyway, I think I stereotype extroverts too much. I have kind of a "quirky" sense of humor and usually use extroverted characters as a form of comic relief. People usually laugh when I've tried this. As of yet, I haven't given any extroverted characters that much depth, because...well, honestly, it's hard for me to see that in them in real life.
On the introverted end, I have tried to be more serious. I have tried to give them both good and bad qualities. The last script I wrote was with two other writers, and they really thought I did a good job with developing a female manager who tries to "negotiate" through an employee's feelings so that he will get back to work. Some other people in the class were still thinking of her like a "villain" though, and that really wasn't what I was going for. She was in a possition where she had to act fast, and she was very professional-mined about her job. Her employee was a man using introspection to try to figure out a solution to a personal crisis. The (semi-professional) actor who ended up playing him thought of him as a "pretensions wimp" but said that the story was realistic and had substance.
Thoughts, comments, advice, similar situations....I welcome all.
I haven't really struggled with creating plausible scenarios. There have been times when people have nitpicked over some (overall) unimportant details, which is not just my opinion but often admitted by those who nitpick. I certainly don't object to changing a little bit here and there. That's to be expected. Whenever I write something, I think of the beginning and the end first and then try to work inbetween. When I watch a movie or read a book, I think of the story as being "one machine". That's why I hate being asked, "What was your favorite part?" I guess this is the intuitive part of me coming through.
Anyway, I think I stereotype extroverts too much. I have kind of a "quirky" sense of humor and usually use extroverted characters as a form of comic relief. People usually laugh when I've tried this. As of yet, I haven't given any extroverted characters that much depth, because...well, honestly, it's hard for me to see that in them in real life.
On the introverted end, I have tried to be more serious. I have tried to give them both good and bad qualities. The last script I wrote was with two other writers, and they really thought I did a good job with developing a female manager who tries to "negotiate" through an employee's feelings so that he will get back to work. Some other people in the class were still thinking of her like a "villain" though, and that really wasn't what I was going for. She was in a possition where she had to act fast, and she was very professional-mined about her job. Her employee was a man using introspection to try to figure out a solution to a personal crisis. The (semi-professional) actor who ended up playing him thought of him as a "pretensions wimp" but said that the story was realistic and had substance.
Thoughts, comments, advice, similar situations....I welcome all.