How to Write A Screenplay – 20 Lessons from Star Trek
Page : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15ALL
expected time because of an inciting incident.
LESSON #11 – The Characters Demonstrate Intelligence
Eugene Vale, who wrote an excellent book for screenwriters called “The Technique of Screenplay Writing” in which he discusses how as an audience we have an intellectual need – it’s a craving we have from movies but hardly ever get satisfied. We usually get people in the movies telling us the entire backstory or how some scientific concept works as if we’re not intelligent enough to figure it out ourselves.
It was great to see the main characters come up with ideas and solutions some which worked and some which did not work.
And we got to see them put those ideas into action.
LESSON #12 – Moral Decisions to be Made
Write this part still*
