WIM+AI – WIM Module 6 – Lesson 4: Solving Scene Problems

[Michael Collado]

Mike Solved Scene Problems!

My Vision is to write an original screenplay, make a couple of calls to pitch it, to start a bidding war.

From his lesson, I learned to look for specific things within the scenes. They all had basic scene design. I think I fixed two exposition scenes and one scene that only accomplished one purpose, which I fixed with a reveal for future use. The rest of the scenes pointed to the concept and moved the story forward. I do have one more scene to insert, but I am not sure where to put it.

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[Monica Arisman]

Subject: Monica Solved Scene Problems!

VISION: I am a very successful screenwriter who has had multiple movies made.

What I learned from doing this assignment is how to make the script better with this grid. It helps you challenge every scene.

Most of my scenes involve fleshing out more of the story. I have made notes as ideas came to me. I’ve a couple of exposition filled scenes. Now I just have to continuing to write with the notes I have made.

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[Margaret]

Margaret Solved Scene Problems!

My Vision: To write profound faith-based screenplays that are produced.

What I learned: Interest techniques were included in every scene, but not every scene had more than one purpose. I needed to brainstorm ways to make the scenes fulfill more than one purpose.

[Elle Tracy]

ET’s vison: To be recognized for my best work, including with money.
Lessons Learned: analyzing scenes using these lenses is profoundly useful … and may be employed in later passes, as the story improves.

Thank you!

[Sunil Pappu]

Sunil Pappu Solved Scene Problems!

My Vision: I’m a successful produced writer who specializes in female-led thrillers.

“What I learned from doing this assignment is… to identify scene problems and improve my scenes using the problem/solution grid.

I elevated my scenes increasing the challenges, using interest techniques to make them more interesting and rewriting scenes that did not advance the story or accomplish only one purpose.

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[Pat Fitzgerald]

Pat Solved Scene Problems

My vision is to have fun completing this course with a contest-winning script that will establish me as a courageous and original writer.

What I learned is that I am grateful that interest techniques were built into the outline. This made it easy for most of my scenes to be written at a current satisfactory level. A couple of scenes served no purpose and were eliminated. And because it had taken up until this lesson to figure out my protag’s transformational journey, I few scenes needed changing and a couple needed to be added. I also learned that when writing a dark comedy, it is so helpful to be capable of diabolical thought. Sometimes I scare myself!

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[James Hernandez]

James Solved Scene Problems!

My Vision: I am a great writer who is recognized by the industry as an exceptional collaborator able to elevate any project into production and have maximum success.

What I learned from doing this assignment is… that my protagonist is alone in many scenes. Given the “nature” of the story where he finds himself constantly evaluating his life, these scenes are necessary and required to fulfill his arc; his transformational journey. What makes them interesting is the comedy found within which serves the genre and is, at least for the moment, obligatory in the script. The conflict in these alone scenes stems from the antagonist’s actions doing mischief against the protagonist even though they are not in the same space.

The love interest also has a number of alone moments which is by design in this romantic comedy about two who seem to have nothing in common, but share very similar upbringings, tastes, and hobbies.

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[Edward Lusk]

ED solves scene problems.

MY VISION is to be a bankable, reputable, and industry go-to writer who’s demonstrated how to entertain and hold an audience’s attention through unforgettable characters and stories that are as enjoyable to write as they are to watch.

What I learned doing this assignment is by doing this assignment my scenes become much stronger, interesting and entertaining. I was able to identify and correct exposition, still more to fix. I was able to better position set up and reveals. Going through another round I was able to add more than one situation per scene. This I find to be a difficult and necessary step. Scene purpose is essential otherwise the scene just lingers on with no reason for existence. Very valuable lesson!

[Kathryn Gould]

Kathryn Solves Scene Problems

I choose to be a highly creative and energized writer who makes big movies and loves her life working with the most creative people in the world.

I obviously took a very long time to get through this assignment, but I literally found something to improve in every single scene. Too much to list everything here, but some of the highlights are that I added a lot of tension and danger in the scene where they are captured by a violent gang (you would think that would already be there, lol, but somehow I missed it on my first draft), I gave the main character a secret and tried to work that in throughout, although it still needs improving, I gave the betrayal by the love interest more weight, made it take longer to forgive, and I made the antagonist a stronger presence throughout the final battle, which again seems obvious but she is a hidden antagonist and they are mostly fighting against the things she has set up, so it was a little tough to get her more involved. I still have a lot to improve, but I feel like the draft has really improved.