I had some issues finding a great ending to my script that pushed forward all of the action and I discovered it today! I am so glad I finally have discovered it. Now I get this first draft and see where it goes from there.
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i always tell people they need to know the ending BEFORE they should ever type FADE IN. the opening scenes are suppose to set up the ending, so how can you do that if you don't know what it is? see how it worked for you? now, you'll do this every time you start a new one. am i right? and after you know the ending you should map out the entire story scene by scene -- the more detail information you have written out the easier it will be to put it down in screenplay format. also -- to eliminate wasted time and energy writing throw away fluff scenes -- when you do your scene by scene indicate the importance of that scene by identifying 2 things: does it tell us something new about the lead character (or antagonist)? and/or does it advance the story forward? the best scenes do both. if it does neither then don't even write it. okay, i'm done babbling... for now. WRITE ON!!!
I'm with Lisa: I always know my destination before I get in the car. A tip: you can usually find your ending in your beginning. The opening sets up the conflict and the ending resolves that conflict. Even in tricky stories, the opening can give you the closing: in TOMBSTONE the film opens with Curly Bill (Powers Boothe) and his gang robbing everyone at a wedding and then killing them all... the lawless west. It ends with Earp (Kurt Russell) in the tamed west (they have an Opera House!) asking Josephine (Dana Delany) if she will marry him (a new wedding!).
I read that you usually start with the endpoint and I had one before but the way I came up with is a better resolution. Usually I sequence it better but I guess I experimented this time lol. I do appreciate the advice though thanks guys :D
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Brandon: Like Dan, I try to always leave the art of improvisation in my writing. I always have a good idea of where I want to go; but sometimes the path to getting there is subject to change.
I think I thought of the middle instead of the end before now that I elongated the storyline it makes more sense and scenes can be added accordingly