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Day 12 Assignments
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Megan Is Ready for Feedback!
What I learned doing this assignment is… that a LOT of planning and analysis goes into a television show long before the first draft of the pilot gets written! I found myself analyzing each of my main characters in greater detail, using what I already know to figure out what I don’t. Looking forward to getting an outsider’s perspective.
Please message me if interested in trading frameworks for feedback.
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Tom has completed the BW Framework!
What I learned is that I am still discovering this story. With the approach we are taking, it seems I am still very much learning what and who my story is about. The good news is that with each discovery the story becomes more complex and profound, which I believe will lend to its audience appeal and marketability. I am going to pass on feedback, with this last lesson my approach to the story has significantly changed and now I need to go back and make some big changes.
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Suzanne has completed the BW framework!
And whoa! What I learned is that I needed a big RETHINK, so I did. Main change was a single, dominant hero and a personified “villain” to position around. I amped up all the emotions, made the wounds worse, the secrets darker, and buried the mystery deeper. I hope we get a second chance for a framework review, because I’m not ready yet. BUT this is SO MUCH FUN! Anyone else having an absolute blast?!
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Victoria & Dave have finished the BW framework and are ready for feedback!
What we learned is that all of the work from the entire module wrapped up nicely by putting all of our answers into the framework. We are very glad that we trusted the process and did the work!
Please DM us for feedback exchange.
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Sharilyn has completed the BW framework!
What I learned from doing this assignment is…I’ve been writing the pieces all along. Now I gotta go back to understand what I wrote!?!?!
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What I learned doing this assignment: I have only just started filling in the blanks for my M1/L12 BWTV Framework assignment, which is very difficult for me given the scope of the unfinished novel “Opera Aloha” which I am continuing to try to finish and which I have chosen to use as the basis of my BWTV Series. I realize that it would have been wiser for me to start from scratch on a completely new story, as Hal advised. I realize that I have bitten off much more than I can chew in that I have 2 main stories going on at the same time–a love story and an opera story, with 6 main characters, and also many other characters in minor plots besides the two main ones. I seem to have tons of material that could translate into several years of series, IF I, a novice, can pull it off. It remains to be seen if I can, though I rather doubt it. Perhaps it would have been better to finish writing my novel first, and then to use the ScreenwritingU lessons to figure out how to turn the finished novel into a BWTV Series, and not try to kill two birds with one stone.
Anyhow, the course has inspired me to make changes to chapters of the novel which will elevate it. I am committed to finishing this assignment and will let you know when am ready to have Dimitri critique it. I am loving the analytical process Hal has devised, and am learning so much from the lessons I have completed so far in this first Module. I hope I will be permitted to go through Modules 2-5, even though it will most likely take me a whole year or more to finish what the other students have managed to accomplish in 6 months. As a result of this course, I have come to have the deepest respect for Hal’s teaching, and for the process screenwriters must go through to create BingeWorthy TV series. I thank you and the ScreenwritingU team for your patience.
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Evelyn has completed the BW Framework. (Finally!)
What I learned from this lesson: It’s been a humbling experience to see how much analysis and work must go into structuring a BW TV series before it’s even written. The process is intriguing and requires more time and organization than I am capable of at the moment. These 12 Lessons of Module 1 have confirmed that I am rather a rather undisciplined and rank beginner, but I’m having fun, and I’m learning a lot that is already helping me to brainstorm and thus fill in some of the gaps in my unfinished novel, which I plan to complete in first draft by May 2023, and repurpose it into a BW TV series. I still don’t think I’m up to it, but I vow to keep going no matter how long it takes and hopefully surprise myself with the end result. Thank you for your infinite patience!
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Checking over my work for Module 1, I realized I had not listened to Audio Tapes #2-6, so I’m going back to listen to them. Listening to Tape #2 and 3, has inspired me to make some changes in my BW Framework, so I’m doing that, and also made me realize how many negative messages I’ve been giving myself, so now I am committing to stoping that and pressing ahead. Thank you for your patience.
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