Good afternoon fellow creators.
When I am writing a scene, before I begin, I oftentimes ask myself lots of questions I believe audiences will ask. If I think there’s a chance the audience will catch onto choices a character makes too soon or if a character’s words are too predictable, I work a bit harder to conceal those moments so the element of surprise is mostly there. Do any of you peers have a similar approach to your script when writing?
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I always write thinking about " how will it reach to audience and how will they watch and say about it so makes me think about logically and also with right opinion the hands write best lines
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Good afternoon, Abram Christian. That's a great idea! I outline a scene (who's in the scene, the goal of the scene, what happens in the scene, the obstacles, the twist, etc.) and come up with alternative versions of the scene sometimes in case I want to go in a different direction when I write the script.
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Hello Abram Christian, you are definitely onto something when you ask yourself these questions before writing. For me, I always need to come back to making sure I don't rush through the character development (wants, needs, flaws, fears, etc) . At the end of the day, the choices the characters make, the plot points, even the arc of the character(s) only mean anything if the audience CARES about the characters. Captain Obvious right? You would think so, but sometimes I get so fixated on story flow (and yes I admit back story) that I don't devote enough effort (craft) to the dimension of my characters...In my mind, they mean something to me so the audience will get that right? Uhh not so much. Your questions are likely an invaluable part of your process. Thanks for sharing them.
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Yes actually, that's why it's called art. Most I take a walk and be like what is this character thinking, who are you in this situation, almost like detective work.
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I use the PASTO structure, which follows the structure of Preparation > Action > Struggle > Turnaround > Outcome
Most scene structure models are some variation of this.
The important thing is the characters and playing a strategy game with one another and the audience is engaged because they are trying to solve puzzles and predict outcomes.
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Abram Christian When I'm writing a dialogue for a character, I ask myself "is this what a real person will say at such moment". As for script outlining, I think of a scene, write it out with the characters present in that scene, what happens in the scene, and what will happen next after that scene.