Sunday night

[ksmith]

Yup, working on the Gideon storyline. Scrivener has this neat feature called Corkboard, which looks like index cards tacked to a--wait for it--corkboard. I've used one board for character descriptions, and am using another for the plot outline. It's nice because I always used to do this stuff on paper, and then lose it.

A book by David Mamet was reviewed in today's paper. I confess to knowing little of Mamet except that he is a playwright. What caught my eye was the screenwriting tip of his contained within the review, which works on the three basic questions approach:

"Who wants what from whom?"
"What happens if they don't get it?"
"Why now?"

Works for me, since I tend to think that screenwriting tips are simply plotting tips by another name.

Comments

[hoosier-red.livejournal.com]

Makes a lot of sense, yes.

[hildy.livejournal.com]

Scrivener sounds like a nifty program. A pity it's Mac based.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I wanted something Mac-based because of the stability. MacWord goes wonky at times, to the point that I don't quite trust it. I may be stuck with it given that its PC cousin is ubiquitous, but if I can minimize the work I do in it, I'll feel better.

I can do things in Scrivener and export to Word. I am guessing that there are similar PC programs out there.

tips

[meekachuegs.livejournal.com]

As a wanna be writer (novelist, playwright etc) I think many of the ideas of the heart of what makes people invovled in reading a story or either watching it unfold before them is the same base. the apporaches often times maybe be different, but it all at heart is the same.....if that makes sense?
I've spoken to or read what has been written by both beginners and professional writers as well as playwrights or even screenwriters and I think I've learn that the difference is only the interpretation of what is being presented. okay, I'm babbling so I'll stop now.