Give Up On Your Draft
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Today I'm explaining the importance of being able to give up on your perfectionist vision of your screenplay.
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im ready to give up on a lot of things
Same
You ok man?
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bro u okay?😭😭
I agree with this. I am the world's biggest critic when it comes to my writing, when people say it's good, that's not good enough for me and it really drives me insane. I'm glad that someone is pointing this out and I'm trying to get pass that.
ultimately writing will end up collaborative at a certain point. Someone else you trust has to read it and see the film in their head. Then you have to ask them what they saw.
I’m currently writing a story that has to be told through several volumes. It’s so hard starting the actual draft, because there are multiple story lines that all have to be introduced at the right time
E.M.Forster planned his novels in reverse order so the climax was considered first and then he worked backwards from that to figure out the optimal moment to introduce a new character or to seed a mystery he had already paid off. The reader doesn't know all this and "pantsing" a novel / series is too much to keep track of for most minds. So, a combination of plotting (in reverse) and then pantsing each chapter (starting at the last), will help the first draft, and also mean that when you do your second draft the story is new to you as you haven't read it before in forwards order.
@@____uncompetative interesting, never done that before, I’ll give it a try
You got this bro
@@vince.inthevoid8158 thanks😁
Learn how to work with one protagonist and several secondary characters first. To start with multiple characters, when you don't know how to handle several sounds counterproductive. Start with small, then go to big.
In my darkest hours I’ve found the drive to write after i gave up, this vid is definitely accurate
This is true…when I stop putting pressure on myself to be a good writer, I write more. It’s hard to write with a critic in your head!
I write consistently, and when I feel like I am struggling, I keep writing according to what I've planned. Basically embracing my not so good writing and churning things out.
And once the whole draft is done, it's editing/remastering time. It is after draft is done I edit massively and sometimes cut out chapters that I've spent hours on to perfect the flow of story. And it usually ends up much much better than I envisioned.
Your head needs time to process the blurb you've written.
Sometimes you have to take it by the hand, lead it behind the barn... and shoot it.
this video and video above this was your “finish your screenplay in 48 hours video.” they were both on my recommended and now i’m as indecisive as ever
Lmao. I feel you bruh. Just plan a little but make sure you're writing. It'll be more progressive that way.
"Don't get it right, get it written"
I trust you bro. All is well.
Thanks to you, I finished a 99 page screenplay, still on the first draft, yet, I will fix it, thanks Tyler for your motivation!
such a strong piece of advice, and this applies to other forms of writing as well. I find it such a daunting task writing my school essays, which is probably the reason I procrastinate and in the end feel even more stressed. Give up on the first, draft, it is not going to be good anyways. Something on the page is better than nothing. Thanks, Tyler, this is going to help me a lot.
I love the way you feel free in this vid. You even said "fricking". I love it.
I have never seen you this relaxed, Tyler
You should see him in his crash course series
I just did that and wrote about 6000 words on another project and the spark and desire for write on my old project is coming back :) it works people.
6:00 so very true. you can have a bunch of great and related ideas in an outline, they all seem to fit, but screenplays, especially what's expected of spec scripts, need to be very lean. "kill your darlings" as some say, but you can always just save those ideas for a later screenplay and sequel if they are in fact so closely related they look good in an outline. Hone, HONE, **HONE** and carve it down. I went from 161 pages to 141 in one script and will still get it down more on another pass later.
Definitely can relate to the idea of surrendering to release the pressure.
This is actually a problem-solving technique you can apply to many areas:
1. Trying hard to solve a problem, e.g. delivering water to your house
2. Continuing to really find a solution
3. Then sincerely giving up on solving the problem because you really can’t find a solution
4. So that then the “magic of the subconscious” or so kicks in, and does the rest.
There’s still no guarantee, but intentionally giving up or at least being really close to giving up puts your mind at ease. At least that’s what I have experienced many times in the past, and it’s a great feeling.
I don’t use the problem-solving technique of giving up so much anymore, mostly because I developed some discipline that allows to persevere, but it is def a great skill to have in your toolbox.
I taught creative writing @ Ivy League schools for a couple years and, universally, the issue with young writers is that they don't have a mental machine or some kind of linear process -- an algorhythm, content management system of any kind, thinking that the tiny bits of gold their imagination stumbles over, like a cool story twist, or an ending et al will also yield the rest of it in the same way.
Writing Two weeks on your outline doesn't work. Work Two months on it instead. Understand the Charakters, understand the idea, The plot in General Because if you don't, you write to an ending you don't know and have to rewrite and rewrite and rewrite. But the biggest Problem about it is, that if you don't write What you like, you don't get the satisfaction of working on screenplays. Don't underrestimate A Good outline. I think the major Problem is getting Stuck with Details.
Egh, it kind of depends. In the professional world no one will probably ever give you two _months_ to submit an outline (producers tend to like writers who can write both well and fast). But if you're writing on spec or for yourself to make, then yeah, take as long as you need (I can't spend too long on an outline, because I need to finish my first draft FAST before I'm tempted to throw it out -- so I have a process that allows me to outline very quickly, and effectively (which comes with experience)).
Also, about characters... Granddaddy Aristotle ranked plot ABOVE character because characters are not real people, they are _action_ (having quirky characters won't matter if they add nothing to your story beyond superficiality).
@@firstlast-oo1he You could probably be faster with The outline but I am in school so I can only use the holidays and A few evenings to write. And there are Two ways to write: Plot first or Charakters first. Many do plot first, Tarantino for example does Charakter first and you notice it. What I Try to do in A Drama is take Time for the Charakters Because thats What the Film is about
@@lionloschutz9291 True -- and obviously if you're in school, don't worry about needing to do write/outline fast. But egh, I think it's a big mistake to think of plot and character as two separate things.
A good plot will always be inherently character driven. It's a chicken-or-egg situation. Without plot though, there is no story, just a "study". But any way you come to this point is totally valid (whether its coming up with a character first, or the situation first).
I know his course works because I signed up to receive info that and that came with a trailer about his course. the TRAILER for the course was all I needed to finish my script. Over like 2 days I ran through my first screenplay. and then over like 5 weeks I wrote 6 drafts and 1 complete rewrite. im still gonna sign up
Love the daddy look
Basically, I tell myself that step #1 of writing good screenplays is to write bad screenplays - a lot of them! ✨😎👍
I love these videos but after years of writing I feel like the main problem is how to get your script in front of the right people, how to get an agent/manager etc. I know if you're good enough they'll contact you but how do you physically get yourself out there as a screenwriter? its not like acting or directing (unless you're in USA, LA)
Screenwriting contests. I haven't entered one myself due to the fact I'm not into writing a singular story. Basically a movie. Maybe I should try to do something like that.
Ey, nice stache, bro!
The perfect is the enemy of the good enough.
You have no clue how well this was timed! I needed to hear this wow
Good Stuff. Liberating yourself by letting go of obsessive fixation that was self-inflicted by our own desires. It's pretty hard to do ... Almost impossible.
Yup, yup, and yup.
Master of motivation
This one will probably be the most influential video for me.
That's a nice shirt lad
Thank you.
You are a handsome man my friend.
That's all I can think of watching his videos tbh 😂
@@gao1812 Yeah and that's EXACTLY why many people have trouble trusting Tyler's content because his LOOKS are what drives his brand without admitting to it. Had this been a less conventionally attractive male, people think twice about paying for his content.
There's no such thing as perfection. Nothing is objectively perfect so stop aiming for it because it's an unrealistic and unachievable standard. The story just has to work, that's all.
In my opinion a strong outline is a must but you should still be open to new ideas when writing the various drafts of your screenplay. If you happen to think of something better then go for it.
Deciding on an ending is extremely helpful because if you know what your final destination is then it's much easier to work out the steps along the way.
If you find yourself in a writing rut then feel free to put your screenplay to one side for a while and work on something else. Work on another screenplay instead or just do something else to free up your mind. Ideas will come to you and when you return to it you'll see it in a different light. Most of the story solutions I came up with occured to me when I was away from my screenplays.
So, I’m dying to hear your thoughts on my 2,500 page Series- 20 contiguous subplots, interwoven throughout… still going at it but now close…
Is this abnormal?
You are great man
Nobody talks about the mustach?
Ikr. It's perfect 😂
I've been writing a novel, my first, and found this encouraging. Are you saying to put it aside and work on other stories to get used to the process [being: how to do/ write the various steps/ parts of story] then come back to later when writing feels more natural, then come back later and work out the bugs?
More like, just accept that your draft will be terrible, just get it all written and then you can actually rewrite and work out all the bugs and problems. A way to say it, is that you can not solve your storys problems, without actually creating them first. Do not get it right, get it written. There will always be time to work out your problems in the rewrite, but if you dont have anything on the page, then there is not to fix.
@@RoasterProductions it's written. Lotta bugs.
@@RoasterProductions then why do you say to "give up on the draft" and write other things?
So much wrong with it! Don't know if it's fixable.
Don't tell me what to do.
Don't tell him what to do.
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy Don't tell him not to tell him what to do.
@@uglyshack9552 don't tell me not to tell him to not tell him what to do.
I am stucked between a first draft for series, with which I wasn't satisfied, cause lot of things needed to change and work on, but we suddenly got producer, who is willing to push us to the floor asap. I began to develop the second draft of first ep. But the process is taking time and my team feel no need of it and to start asap as getting producer is a big thing in this time. So how should I deal with it? How good is the good enough.
First view and like
How can i write a good story for a movie???
Watch movies, read books and think about your dreams. This 3 things together creates it.
this question is way too broad… just go to tyler’s channel and start watching the videos
There is no instruction manual to write stories, everyone has their own order of how the complete story is created, but I’d say the first step is finding a plot idea. This idea is a place holder, it may or may not change a lot, but find an idea that makes you say, “I gotta turn this into a movie”. After that, watch Tyler’s videos
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This video was posted 26 seconds ago
Lies. It was one minute ago.
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy I posted it when it said it was 26 seconds ago
@@SK-Pictures dammit you missed the joke.
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy what was it?
@@SK-Pictures you say how long ago that this was posted, then someone else (me) would come in and say that it was actually posted longer ago than that since they (I) came later.
Value this channel but right now am mostly frustrated with the distracting muzak under your voice. For the love of god, why? Can't we just do content without a beat? Didn't we all hate the elevator muzak stalking us everywhere, in the mall, the supermarket, hell even on hold when calling the insurance company or the bank? Pretty pls, reconsider. Greetings from the Low Lands
Tyler has no references he is a newbie and tries you to sell his own course. It is a making money strategy and you will learn crap from him. It works like a placebo you think you making progress but really you only learn techniques which are not worth to learn and also brings you up from learning your own style of creating new ideas and stories. He only made 1 script, he has not won any Filmfestival/Oscar etc. It is the same for most of the courses. You do not need any paid courses to get good in writing. Do not listen to this bullshit!!!