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Dara Marks Seminar May 24-25, 2008
More Information:
Inside Story enhances a writer's abilities regardless of his or her level of experience:
* Beginning writers will gain fundamental insights into the basic elements of story.
* Advanced writers will refresh their understanding with a more insightful and meaningful approach to writing.
All will gain essential tools for building powerful, meaningful, and marketable screenplays.
SEMINAR OUTLINE
Introduction: Re-Visioning Story Structure
* Overview: Why traditional story structure tells us only half the story
* Exploring the organic origins of story structure
* How to make stories more meaningful and impactful
Plot - How to Build a More Powerful Storyline from the Inside Out
* Building powerful and gripping conflict
* Charting a dynamic line of action
* Creating subplots that expose the internal struggle
* Setting up genres in fresh new ways
Character - Getting to the Heart of Your Story
* Creating a memorable and forceful protagonist
* Getting to the deeper function of the protagonist in the story
* Creating strong female characters
* Digging into our own shadowy depths to design compelling antagonists
* Understanding the true function of secondary characters
* Employing archetypal elements to the development of character
* Eliminating stereotypes and clichés
Theme - Understanding What You're Really Writing About
* How to write what you mean—and mean what you write
* Learning to write with focused intention
* Acquiring the keys to the kingdom—turning theme into plot and character development
* Creating a thematic structure
The Fatal Flaw of Character - The Most Potent Force in a Great Story
* Why "good" characters aren't good enough
* Creating an internal day of reckoning for your protagonist
* How to determine the fatal flaw and set up internal conflict
* Capturing the humanity of the protagonist
* Integrating backstory
* Setting the story on a heroic or tragic course
Traversing the Transformational Arc of Character
* What is the arc and where does it come from?
* How does a character grow and change?
* Using the transformational arc to create dramatic tension
* Developing powerful imagery and strong, honest dialogue
* Setting up Act I:
o the Inciting Incident
o the Call to Action
o the Defining Moment
o the Fatal Flaw of Character
* 1st Turning Point:
o things take a turn for the worst
o creating a powerful Awakening
o heightening the jeopardy
* Learning to love the "dreaded" 2nd act:
o keeping plot and character in Resistance to the goal
o the Moment of Enlightenment
o the Grace Period
o the Fall
* 2nd Turning Point:
o embracing the Death Experience
o what's the worst thing that can happen?
* Act III:
o things get down and dirty
o the great descent
o last chances
o the rough road to redemption
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$15 Seminar Discount On The Book, "Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc"
$34.95 On Sale! $19.95
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