This video featuring Michael Arndt — screenwriter of Toy Story 3, Little Miss Sunshine, Oblivion, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — gives a thorough breakdown of how to establish your main character and the story ahead in the first act of your screenplay. It’s well worth watching (and taking notes!)
May 27, 2014
Quote of the Day: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell students to make their characters want something, even if it’s only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaningless of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.
