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For sure, it should be formatted properly for industry reads when you finally get the chance to be read! But rarely do I see new writers have a properly structured story even before getting the industry read (very rare to have it read before you’ve proven your writing works.) Since most software is formatted to the standard screenplay formatting created many years ago, I think my thoughts were to push more learning to write a story first. Then as you build that by investing the money in courses, seminars, ect-you can purchase the software as you evolve. But I completely understand everyone’s position in wanting the software first. It can be motivating!

Thank you!!! I hope your own writing project is going well. ☺️

@ on draft two now! Hoping this draft will go faster than draft 1 (which took a year 😅)

Whatttt, yay! I hope it is faster for you. I always hope it will be quick, but sadly my third draft-probably more like the actual second draft, cause I did a second draft as an entire rewrite-last year dragged for a whole year. 🥲 But I’m still learning the rewrite process for novels.

@ thank you! I honestly feel like the drafts after draft 1 can be just as challenging as the first draft, because it can go into so many directions. Good luck on your writing 😊

💯Soooo much work after the first draft. Haha Good luck on yours too and happy writing!

I’m honestly blown away by how much things have changed over the years! Yay for reaching into entertainment. I’m glad so much of it is becoming demystified in recent years, although slowly. I’m glad I could talk about my journey here. Thanks so much for always being so supportive when I put out my videos!! 😄

How could I forget that Indy scene!! Iconic.

Yes, exactly, it doesn't! My hope is that the new writers I mention in the video stop worrying about pricey industry software studios use for running the production and focus on storytelling. I've read tons of scripts where the issue is not enough time/money/focus spent on learning and education to tell a good story. 🤓

@@PikaLeeMedia I finally upgraded from final draft 8, to final draft 13 for a massive $69.99. had 30% off. I only upgraded for ease and compatibility, but I really didn't need to. not going to use the emoji in scripts, well I don't use many of the features I could use, but I am use to the software and that price is worth it for me. so long as the product works, that is all that matters. I have never used the free versions of software, but I am sure they are good (have heard a lot of good things about some free software). I just jumped on fd, because it is "standard" and well the shortcut keys make lots of sense when writing.

There’s absolutely a time where we should watch as an audience, although I believe we’re already always watching as an audience subconsciously! 😄 Since it’s very natural for everyone to watch as an audience my goal was to learn to watch as a writer. I think studying story structure and the flow of scenes doesn’t always come natural for some writers (like it didn’t for me. 😅) I think I would place audience appeal lower in my process because it depends on so many factors of what you’re writing genre-wise, who picks up your movie, the budget you get, and inevitably rewrites will happen to adjust for all of it too.

Yeah I agree. There are such big pros and cons to AI exploding in the last few years and sadly many will take advantage as tech progresses. They absolutely need to implement boundaries and policies to prevent executives from diminishing the value behind those who actually work ethically on their craft. 😓 I do hope that on the flip side, others can advance from the tool. 😌

I agree with all of your points! Especially, the more specific, the better. It’s a learning curve for me to be specific, so it’s a great exercise for me. I really love the idea of asking for verbs and noun alternates to keep a good balance/cut overuse. Amazing tip!!

I didn't realize it, but very similar!!

Yes, absolutely you can pick your own instructor! I do have a mini video up about I usually go about picking mine. But the quick of it is, instructors will be listed before you add the class to your cart and you can click on the instructors name to see a quick bio about them and sometimes their syllabus is attached as a preview of the course you’re selecting.

@@PikaLeeMedia Thank you so much for responding. That's good to know. It's hard to pick where to goto school. It's a lot of money as you know and you want to pick the best place. I will check out your other videos. Keep up the great work and keep writing!

Oh yes, the more info the better when it comes to writing courses. I hope you find the right fit 🤞🙌 Happy writing!!

Ensemble stories can be complex and take a lot of prep work. Ultimately, an ensemble is brought together by one common thing they want. The easiest way to make it as neat as possible is by outlining each individual storyline to the 3-act structure beats/key points so they are consistent journeys. Then you can weave them together and find ways to let them cross paths to help or harm each other from getting to their common goal. If you’re beginning your writing journey, learn to balance two stories first. The traditional A story (main plot) and a B story (shorter side character’s story or a romantic story occurring with the plot) to start! Then, when you’re confident you have that down you can add more characters.

How exciting! Welcome and have so much fun with the process. 🙌

I appreciate that so much!!!

Oh no! I checked into it, it seems like that function has a few limitations with phones and maybe tablets, if you use those. 😅 What program are you using Grammarly desktop with (Scrivener or Word)? Also, when clicking into the page, if the little G icon has a number it’ll take time to load the color lines. If the logo doesn’t have a number and after loading gives you an emoji, it hasn’t found anything.

I love that, I go between both, also. Hallmark absolutely loves fictionalized small towns the most, even when they mention the state. Geographically, for movies, I have noticed that it’s only important if the story needs the location as an exotic plot device. Which audiences WILL notice if it seems too far off culturally and scenically. I have thought about it, but mostly on a production level. Production-wise: they’re lower budget films, so the less specific the location, the easier it is to film in a state or country with tax breaks and weather that cooperates. For the audience: I don't think they mind a quick feel-good book capitalizing on small-town feels, without specifying anything. It might add liberation for the audience/reader to feel like this town is more magical and unique than a real town.

x1.5 speed? 😆 Not full-proof but I listen to audiobooks that way. Cliff Notes if you still need them: - Body-Doubling (work with someone else, no talking--just working on your own projects together) - Music stimulation (8-D music, write with me videos w/ lo-fi, custom writing project playlists) - Coffee Shops (introvert body doubling) - Journaling/free-writing for your Inner Artist (to get work out any emotional blocks) - Schedule writing sessions to build the habit, also schedule your writing projects through the year - Outline (remove writer's block by knowing what's next via outlining/remove uncertainty) - Pomodoro timed writing sessions (set a timer for writing sessions and take timed breaks in between) - Writing aids (You can buy story prompt books like Write The Story or Writer's Emergency Pack cards for story help) Happy writing!

Welcome! 🎉 So glad to meet a fellow neurodivergent writer!!!

Murder mysteries are so fun to write! TV is definitely a fun format to write in. I would follow the career of Brit Marling. She writes drama mysteries and built a name for herself as an actress too. Which gave her the power to star in her own writing. Charmed was my favorite!! I also watched Walker Texas Ranger and Buffy, really great shows.

Yes! So glad you mentioned that!! 🙌 I’ve used this feature and it’s really helpful that they do that.

There was a reverse of this I’ve heard some people will do which is just time tracking. You can use a stopwatch on your phone and instead of losing the flow you’d stop when you’re done and track that session time in your notes. Pomodoro doesn’t need to be planned and often I run one using my countdown on my phone at work for ten minutes or fifteen during lunch. It mostly helps with my time blindness. I know sometimes I don’t have time during lunch so I work around my 50 hr workweek by going into work earlier to write or staying later if I know at home I might be distracted. Something my friends do is after they finish writing, they make a quick prose note/summary of what is going to happen next so they don’t lose it if they come back way later. I do this myself if I’m deviating a bit from my outline. A few also use voice notes and attach it to the document so you can find it later. Hope you find something that works for you! 🙌

@@PikaLeeMedia Time tracking might work, though going to work for some quiet time won't work (I work in a grocery store, so it's constant customer questions, even off the clock, plus I write on my PC at home). Taking summary notes isn't going to work, as I stop writing due to the distraction and it just gets worse if I don't just minimize/close the window - there's barely time to hit Ctrl-S to quick save (I've even hard to stop mid-word before) and all to avoid the multi-hour argument about whether I should even be writing. But the time tracking does sound like it'll work (timer on a whole separate device), so thank you!

I can relate, my entire family is neurospicy, and while my son was aged 2-8 I had very little peace of mind. Even watching a show I would be able to see that a demand was made of me roughly every one and a half minutes. For me, control over my time has come by constantly challenging my belief that I must jump at every request, and starting to defend half-hour slots. When interrupted responding with can it wait until [whenever the timer expires]? Hope this is some help.

Amazing!!! Thanks so much for sharing! I really admire that you’re taking the journey to know your family history and understand where the people you love came from. It might be difficult processing that history, but it definitely brings a closer connection to heritage and hopefully to your dad. 💗

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It all about experience and remember that entertainment is a business, which is why beginners aren't handed over keys to their own production without proof of skill. Try to create your own smaller pieces on a budget, or work with bigger productions to gain the experience of working on something well-known (even if its just lending a hand you'll learn the business.) That builds a trusted portfolio and skills. 😄

Congrats on placing!! I know outlining wasn’t my thing at the beginning either because when I would try, I would give up and just start writing the script. 🤪 Then I started small, just a quick logline before I started writing. Then just the major beats. Now I’m fully beat by beat of the whole script because UCLA made us outline. It took me years to finally mold it to the way my brain works haha. Maybe since you’re visual you can try creating AI images of the major beat scenes and add it to an outline doc with a quick sentence about the beat? Could be fun but time consuming tho. 😅

Welcome to screenwriting!! It really does help internalize the structure when you watch it. It’s my favorite thing to do before or after I read the script! I try to pinpoint beginning and ends of the acts and any major beats and I’ve started teaching my family story by pointing it out too. It becomes a fun game.🤭

@@PikaLeeMedia thank you so much!! yesss i've gotten my writer friends to analyze movie beats with me and i think its helping us all improve our craft a lot!

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Yay for the same brains! I have never tackled a 100K project before, so I am rooting for you! I have friends who write Sci-Fi and Epic Fantasy primarily and I admire the heck out of them for it.

goodjob !!!!

same

It’s incredible how we unconsciously do these little things to help ourselves write or create art! It’s really great to know what makes us tick. 😁

Thanks so much for subscribing!! Welcome and I wish you so much luck on your writing journey! 💫😄

Thanks for your comment! I did much soul searching previous to releasing this video with thoughts of using this term. It is still quite frequently used by the industry trades although becoming less common with the introduction in recent years of Diversity and Inclusion departments to solve this problem. The departments were created because audiences wanted more diversity away from a specifically white stories or only using white actors. I made the choice to use the term because of its definition as set by Miriam Webster, and the history that Hollywood in America has with this term: “to alter (something) in a way that favors, features, or caters to white people a: to portray (the past) in a way that increases the prominence, relevance, or impact of white people and minimizes or misrepresents that of nonwhite people.” I understand many may not like the term or find it taboo because it has negativity attached to it. This is why I think we should talk about it. But I do think that people with objective minds will understand the context I used to explain why I wrote stories the way I did influences from growing up watching and working in American Cinema. As well as gain perspective on their own writing. 💞

@@PikaLeeMedia Well you wouldn't say "blackwashing" or "yellowwashing" or "colorwashing" would you? Would you say we're gonna get it all colored up in there? So what's the difference? Racism is racism. I don't care what it says in some dictionary.

Thank you!! 😄

Thank youuuu!! I learned so much from those old Hollywood movies and their actors 💕 YES! I love reminding myself I have the option to bring some POC into a story to see what that story looks like.