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Day 5: What I Learned …
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I’ve learned that the ending has to be the best. It cannot be an idea that comes out of thin air, it has to incorporate all the conflicts and questions of the film so far, answering them all at once but in a way that is really surprising or even shocking, depending on the genre. There can’t be a resolution that is obvious, that can be deduced, that anyone can think of… I have a lot of work to do on that.
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What I learned: The ending… it needs to have the layers so we can have a satisfying resolution…
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I learned that my ending still needs a lot of work. I had dialogue that didn’t move the story forward; it was merely an attempt to draw some conclusions on the characters’ thinking. I need to make it more intriguing and pertinent.
My story also has a divine component. I need more attention on the character’s depth of belief vs. doubt. The character arc is at risk.
This will take a while to rewrite. I’ll move on through the course and see if some of what I need for the end can be better foreshadowed or developed in some of the earlier scenes. I know the climax; the ending may need to be the tail end of that scene, a bit like the Seven conclusion.
Wish me luck.
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What I learned re-writing my scene:
The climax and resolution can take place in the same setting. This is especially effective in the “horror” genre. I changed the resolution by putting it in the same location as the climax. The hero learns the monster has become more powerful now that it has been (seemingly) destroyed. My hero is in a worse state than he was before the final conflict.
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