Day 1: “What I learned rewriting my scene/character…?”

[David Moe]

What I learned…

I will rewrite some minor characters from the perspective that each follows an individual story arc. And I’ll see how it plays.

[Sandeep Gupta]

Even if I was among the better students of the class and diligently writing out the scenes yet, I doubt I can do this one in one day. I mean I can write more than a scene in one day, and possibly think of character arcs as mise en scène in the same way, although the co-location or not and contrapuntal arrangement of the structural points is not something I will understand or rethink in one hour or a day.

Funny, look at me talk. I have a Ph.D. in procrastination, but seriously aching to get it taken back though.

[Deb Johnson]

Giving each character their own character journey was enlightening. It brought them into sharper contrast. It also made me re-think my overall 3 Act Structure and how they fit into it. Finally, I came up with a fun ending for one of the characters that I had never thought of before – which elevated the entire story.

[J.R Riddle]

Although I knew each character had an “arc” – I didn’t realize that using the same premise as the whole screenplay applied to characters in such a linear fashion. Very helpful as my characters, all, will be written differently.