The excerpt written on how to write a successful screenplay was very helpful. I feel like I would definitely like to move my story in the direction of a short movie if I have the resources to do so.
Even if I do not decide to take my homelessness story in the direction of a screenplay, the reading was still very helpful. I think the two most important takeaways from the reading was the explanation of how to write visually and the description of a successful conflict.
The reading taught me that if I decide to write for a "movie" medium that I should not only write what my characters are saying but I must set the entire scene. This is a very challenging type of writing. That said, if I can successfully show my story without just coming out and telling my story it could be much more effective.
The second and most important takeaway from this article is to write a story that has conflict. Not only conflict, but conflict that people care about. I think that if I go down this route I will have to alter my story to have a stronger conflict for it to succeed in this medium.
So far, I am in the process of deciding whether or not to use imovie or xtranormal. Either way, the reading on screenplay writing will help me to better tell my story through the visual narrative medium.
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