How to Write A Screenplay – 20 Lessons from Star Trek
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character we care about is by having him experience some form of suffering – because pretty much every person has had some type of suffering in his/her life and in a sense can relate to his story even though they’ve never fought in a galactic battle or lost a father the way Capt. Kirk has. It’s the emotional storyline that captures the audience.
LESSON #3 – Respects the Audience
The writers creatively came up with a solution by making the story occur in an alternate timeline. Proof that simple is the way to go.
This movie doesn’t talk down to the audience – it respects our need for logic. The alternate timeline means that anything that happens here that didn’t or couldn’t happen in previous episodes/movies of Star Trek can be done here! What a fantastic approach to make it work for us! It’s a great way to handle what
