tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post4972061889919099982..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: Letting characters dictate actionEmily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-87483816257720712952009-07-19T02:23:25.913-07:002009-07-19T02:23:25.913-07:00You're THINKING the right way...
UnkYou're THINKING the right way...<br /><br />UnkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-26253942916844010282009-07-18T09:01:26.672-07:002009-07-18T09:01:26.672-07:00Ditto on the thinking! My wife and I are a screen...Ditto on the thinking! My wife and I are a screenwriting team and some of our most painful moments are when we disagree on a character's motivation.<br /><br />However, this often produces our most satisfying scenes. We each talk out our approach, detailing why the character is acting a certain way. This will feed into a thought that the other has and BAM! we have something that really works.<br /><br />Of course, this creates more work later on in the script, as we don't often work in chronilogical sequence. Heavy outlining and storyboarding at the start of a project keep us on track, but rewrites as we progress are common.<br /><br />A bit unorthodox, but it works for us.<br /><br />Keep writing - we love hearing about the process from other writers.Wayne and Wendynoreply@blogger.com