children’s movie – Jeffrey Alan Schechter

Overall Impression – Not one honest laugh, real emotion, effective plot point, sincere character arc, or original idea. Other than that, it was great. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who is your main character? – Jack Bruno What is he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Keep the alien kids safe and get them back to their ship.… Continue reading RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

WORKSHOP AGENDA

AGENDA - DAY ONE
Session One:

The critical four questions about your main character

Ensure your main character fulfills his or her story destiny by transitioning through each of the four archetypes

Construct a compelling ‘QuickPitch’ (aka, the ‘elevator pitch’) that lays out your entire story from start to finish

[hr] LUNCH BREAK
[hr] Session Two:

Determine the thematic question, thematic argument, and thematic synthesis of your story

Incorporate thematic opposites into your story through characters, props, and architecture.

Use the Unity of Opposites to align both the positive and negative characters with theme.

Create your cast of as many as 14 characters, both positive and negative, that inform and amplify your hero and villain

[hr] [hr] AGENDA - DAY TWO
Session One:

Work through the 12 foundation plot points of act one.

Craft a Central Question that charts your hero’s physical, emotional, and spiritual journey.

[hr]
POOLSIDE WORKING LUNCH (brown bag it, we've got work to do!)

Chart a story course with approximate page counts for the 12 major landmarks of your story

[hr] Session Two:

Use the Central Question to craft the plot points of act two so that they build upon each other in an organic, can't-stop-reading fashion

Build act three using the four essential plot points

Tearful farewell, with optimistic looks to the future

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