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Lesson 11 Assignment
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Lynn’s Finishing Act 3
VISION: I am determined to become a great screenwriter capable of getting my screenplays in various genres produced into movies that inspire vast audiences to mitigate climate change.
Finished the script, waiting for Module 6. This Module 5 is great because it got me to write fast and finish before a ton of other work crashed down on me this month, but when I was working 60 hrs a week before retirement, it would have been a great time for me to try and catch up.
The creative “I don’t yet have the answer” process (as per Mastery Session 18) reminds me so much of my experiences with math and physics as a school/college kid. Sometimes the answer would come without any caterpillar effort, just an intuition butterfly. Sometimes after sweating bullets trying & trying to solve, I’d just relax and MEDITATE ON THE PROBLEM itself and the solution would come. So I guess this isn’t really a matter of genius, just a matter of different approaches, looking at it from different angles, and never giving up. Same with screenwriting.
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Subject: Monica Finished Act 3
Vision: I will continue to learn everything I can through all different media to apply what I learn to become the best screenwriter I can be. To be successful in getting my movies made and to win awards in the process.
What I learned from doing this assignment is to keep moving forward writing as fast as I can without going to do any revisions.
How it’s going: Finished Act 3. Going to go back and see where the plot went off the rails. Make notes as to how to fix it. But start Act 4 after that.
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Dana Finishing Act 3
My Vision: I intend to perfect my skills to become a successful screenwriter, scripting acclaimed and profitable films, recognized by my peers, and living an adventurous life.
What I learned during this assignment:
I finished my script, but I am 30 pages short in my story. I need to review my outline and improve my protagonist’s role in the script and add a few more scene with the supporting characters to expand the story. The bones of the story, the most difficult part of the script, is complete. And I’m looking forward to the rewrite.
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I think if you have 90 pages, that’s really great. My experience with managers I was trying to enlist is they don’t want anything over 105 pages and less is better.
All my previous scripts came to about 120 or so on first draft, and cut as I may, I could never get them below 110 to 115.
I feel good with my 102-page first draft here, which became 103 when I added in some details needing further research, which was postponed until I finished. I’m just hoping I can keep it to 105 or less on the final draft.
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Amy’s Finishing Act 3
Vision: I want to become known as an expert in the family-friendly genre and make a full-time living as a screenwriter.
How’s it going?
I’m up to page 72 and I only have 7 scenes in my 4<sup>th</sup> act. I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to come up short. I’m also really curious to find out how we’re going to fix things in the next module because I know I have a lot to fix.
What I learned doing this assignment is when a scene goes off the rails, you should avoid the temptation to go back and rewrite it so you can just keep moving forward.
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Marcus Finishing Act 3
My Vision: Get a script made into a movie.
I’m continuing to move along in writing my script at a rapid pace.
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Andrew Boyd’s Act 3 completion
Vision: For Hitler’s Choirboys to be such a compelling screenplay that Steven Spielberg and Mel Gibson will battle it out to produce their most powerful WW2 drama since Hacksaw Ridge or Schindler’s List. [Modified from ‘blockbuster’ to drama<i style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>.]
What I learned from doing this assignment: Massive, massive cuts are required to turn a full-length novel into a screenplay. Entire characters, subplots and scenes must go. Scenes must be combined and truncated, yet essential themes allowed to play out to their conclusion.
Method: Highlight the outline scene by scene and make cuts. Highlight the corresponding novel text scene by scene, mark cuts in red; read again and cut deeper. Paste over into Scrivener, format as Action. Eliminate the red material. Reduce the rest, especially description. Format as a screenplay.
I have lengthened Act 2 to incorporate part of Act 3. Both are now running to 40 / 41 pages – about 25% over length.
So much has had to be cut. I will need to check again later that the key plot points are still present.
I think it must be easier to build up a screenplay from scratch than tear down from a book.
How many scenes should I be aiming for?
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Ron’s Finishing Act 3 (place in first line)
VISION: I want the success and recognition of being an in demand, A-list screenwriter who writes successful films that are financially profitable, award winning and of enduring quality.
It’s going great. Once I’ve figured out the structure and the wants, I’m been keeping right on schedule.
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Module 5 – Lesson 11 Finish Up Act 3. Final 6-10 Pages
Lisa Long Finishing Act 3
My Vision: I will do whatever it takes to be comfortable saying that I am a writer by creating impactful stories with amazing characters in order to sell my scripts.
What I learned from this assignment is that it is fun to complete each Act and see progress toward the end of the first draft.
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Renee’s Finishing Act 3
My Vision: I will work hard to become a well-respected writer who gets my movies produced and has enough work to keep me busy and keep the lights on.
What I learned doing this assignment is to keep myself empowered and not allow myself to stall out while writing the first draft. Just get the story down and fix issues as you rewrite.
How It’s Going: With travel for Thanksgiving and getting sick myself, I haven’t gotten as far as I’d like, but I have no doubt I will wrap this up before we start the next Module.
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Module 5, Lesson 11 – Finish Act 3
Subject: Rob Ingalls Finishing Act 3
MY VISION:
To be a Talented writer that delivers quality fast, with the film industry seeking me out.
WIL: Keep pushing in small chunks. And next time do a better outline. 🙂
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MODULE FIVE LESSON ELEVEN
FRAN’S FINISHING ACT THREE
WHAT I LEARNED: This was mostly from the Mastery Session 18. Just keep going. Don’t listen to the negative voices that could stop you.
MY VISION: I want to write great movies. Movies that are magical, movies that move people and tell the truth. I want to write movies that stars will want to be in.
These last days around the holidays. I think it’s partly because I had been sick and it’s taking me a while to fully recoup from the Covid.
I’ve had a bout of depression and have been feeling like I made a big mistake with this choice. It hasn’t been going as well as I wanted it to. And the downside of it been around the holidays. Also, my sister hasn’t been the most cooperative in the world these days.
But I am in a place now I think I can get another scene or two written for lesson eleven and keep going to twelve thru fourteen.
I listened to the mastery session this morning and it made me feel a lot better about my writing stall and my depression I’ve been having for this past weekend. I need a boost like that every once in awhile to get me going again.
I want to continue with this story to see it through. But I want to be in a better place if I make the decision to toss it and start over again.
Also, as I’ve been posting, I do want to finish the script I’ve been working on for quite a while now. I wanted the tools to get me to the highest point for the finale. That’s why I took this class. That has been going great guns for me. And I’m ready to write the scene where Charles is in the gauntlet and must be the hero for the crew of the steamboat.
As I said, I’m going to keep going thru the holidays to see how my feelings play out in all this. It could be just from having been ill and now the holidays are upon us. But I am speed writing. That in itself is a miracle for me.
And before I post this, I did get a little more done. Around ten pages. I’m still just picking a scene and going with it. That seems to work for me at the moment. Posting this and getting started on assignment 12.
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Joel Stern WIM Module 5 Lesson 11
My Vision: To write eight screenplays that eventually become Hollywood blockbusters and to get a speaking line in at least one of them.
What I learned from this assignment: The ideas do seem to flow easier when I write faster!
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Dave Holloway Finishing Act 3
My vision: I would like to be a successful writer in Hollywood, with a number of successful movies to my credit that put forward a core belief about environmental, political, or personal values.
What I learned doing this assignment is that pushing through every time I wanted to stall out and revise is possible, if I just shut down the urge to edit.
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<div>Joe Finishes Act 3</div><div>
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My vision is to persevere and stay the course of building steady daily routine, and disciplines that produce consistent writing of exceptional quality. Ultimately, the fruit of those habits and disciplines will be a track record of great marketable scripts that will make other successful talented pros seek me out.
The first time I became aware of the “its ok to not have the answer; the eureka moment will come later” was from a book called “Hare Brain-Tortoise Mind”. I highly recommend it. Without that advice, I don’t think I’d ever have finished some of my proudest accomplishments as an adult. I am going forward, plot holes, running dialogue, and all.. This draft is STILL much closer to a satisfying script than if I hadn’t completed act 3 at all.
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Erin Ziccarelli Finishing Act 3
Vision: I am going to create profound scripts that leave audiences remembering my movies and leave me excited to keep writing and moving up in the industry.
What I learned from doing this assignment is: this is my first time trying out the 5-15 min chunk method. I am used to writing for long periods, but I’ve noticed I usually start losing focus after about 45 minutes. Breaking down my brainstorming/scene writing time into 5-15 minute chunks is much more effective when I’m not feeling as creative. However, if I’m “in the zone,” I like to write without stopping and let the ideas flow. Both of these techniques are very useful for me and helping me to move forward in the writing process!
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