WIM+AI – Module 2 -Lesson 1: Great Outlines Make Great Scripts!

[Frank Gaide]

FRANK’S TITLE, CONCEPT, AND TITLE

I can see myself writing two great, marketable screenplays every year going forward and teaming up with a manager/friend. Short term, I imagine a very difficult but valuable and rewarding six months going balls to the wall in this class.

Completing this assignment, I discovered how difficult is for me to choose “the one” concept that I will spend the next 6 months concentrating on. Difficult to leave three for later when I also believe in each greatly. I found myself reviewing every single reason why one was more ready now to pursue: it is a matter of how familiar I am with world in each. Most need serious research just to start the process of writing seriously. But I finally felt most comfortable with THE ONE because of a rich history and familiarity of the subject. I’m grateful for learning how to brainstorm with AI and rationalizing decisions fo the good of marketability.

TITLE: The Cake Did It!

CONCEPT: A bride’s wedding plan is hijacked by her divorced parents’ feud, so she decides to give them a push—into killing each other.

STORY STRUCTURE: Protagonist versus Antagonist

[Patti Wall]

Patti Wall’s Title, Concept, and Character Structure!

My Vision: I am living my best life and having fun because I’m a talented screenwriter of hugely successful, impactful movies.

What I learned doing this assignment: I never thought about a character structure before. I guess it was always just below the surface, but it was a really easy way to look at the characters’ relationships to one another.

Title: Home Deadly Home

Concept: A technophobic kindergarten teacher is trapped in her smart home, battling an AI system her ex-husband programmed to kill her.

Character Structure: Protagonist vs. Antagonist

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[Demethress Davis]

Demethress’ Title, Concept, and Character Structure

MY VISION: I am a EGOT writer who is very successful and revered by the industry for writing amazing stories that will live on in history.

What I learned from doing this assignment is things really do work out when you begin with the empowerment exercise. I find I am even more energized and inspired to do work without beating myself up about it being “the best” in that moment.

Title: The Devil"s PunchBowl

High Concept: A Black man passing as White in a small Southern town secretly run by a White supremacist who plays a cat and mouse game which will expose his true identity. When he discovers she is hiding her own Black heritage, exposing her secret risks exposing his own.

Character Structure:
Protagonist vs Antagonist

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[Matthew Frendo]

Hey guys!

Sorry I’m so late to the party. I literally just sold my first script as this class was starting and had to focus on producer rewrites before jumping in to this.

I want to be a fantastic writer who creates highly successful movies that are seen as thought-provoking, original and entertaining.

What I learned doing this assignment was how much easier an outline can make the writing process. Seeing the whole picture so easily will make it much easier to make necessary changes or scope out weak points before the actual writing begins. This will help create a compelling story and get rid of problems early on.

Title: THE INFLUENCER DEATHSTYLE
Concept: An aspiring social media enthusiast joins a prestigious influencer academy only to discover it’s a twisted cult, draining followers’ personalities.
Character structure: protagonist vs. antagonist

[Demethress Davis]

hi Matt,
Kudos on selling your first script and welcome to party!
Deme

[David Mailman]

Mailman’s Title, Concept, and Character Structure.

VISION: First, I want to write scripts that I can be proud of and say what I want to say. Not being an idiot, I also want to sell them.

GENRE: Feature – Dramatic Triangle.

TITLE: Greenvale Plantation.

LOGLINE: Two children, one a Black slave and the other the White plantation owner's son, are raised together until the Civil War separates them. Decades later, the now successful Black businessman reunites with the White son, but their past rekindles a deadly rivalry.

HOOK: History isn’t dead, it’s waiting for revenge.

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