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A Kid Who Just Wanted To Make Movies and My Aha Moment in SCHIZOPOLIS (Part II) by Darrin Dickerson

Screenwriting: Not exactly blocked - more stuck... Anyo...

Not exactly blocked - more... screenwriting

Not exactly blocked - more stuck... Anyone have any advice? I begin work on a script or story and the idea is there, but I reach a certain point and everything vanishes and I can't write another sentence, or I go back and start re-writing (which I know is futile because it just means I have about 20 different beginnings and nothing else.) What do you guys do to stop that - any thoughts or pearls of wisdom? Thanks, Peter

Hey cuz. The best advice I've encountered, which worked like a charm for me, was to ask myself, " what is the antagonist up to?" Now, when I get stuck, I shift to the opposition.

  • 1 year ago

I usually close my eyes and run what I have written so far in a movie in my mind. Knowing the story can't end, one of my characters steps forward and takes the ball. If that doesn't work, I usually scan the background and pull something forward. This little task usually sends my mind in a direction even I didn't expect.