Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

Overview

“Perfectionism in the early stages of creating a step outline (and even a script) can be our worst enemy. It's better to do it wrong. In this lesson, I'll explain how to do it wrong.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Do the wrong thing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film. Develop effective film scripts, from concept development to narrative structure and engaging dialogue..

Partial transcription of the video

“do the wrong thing In this lesson I will teach you how to do things wrong. A problem when you want to write a script or make the outline of steps of a short film it is wanting to do things right from the beginning. But in this narrative phase it is convenient to do things wrong. The obsession for wanting to do things right, the desire for perfection is usually the biggest impediment so that in the end we don't even do things. Creativity experts say it clearly: in the early stages of the creative process it is better to do things wrong. Maybe you think you don't know how to do things wrong. ...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

• Level: Beginner
• 67% positive reviews (3)
• 602 students
• 7 units
• 101 lessons (17h 57m)
• 68 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, TV, Writing