It’s Sunday, so it’s time to talk screenwriting. Two weeks ago, I left you to flesh out your idea and create a blueprint. This week, you’re gonna take those notes and create an outline. A complete outline. You’ll do this by writing a log line for each and every scene in your script.
Yeah, I know, it’s a lot of work but it will be worth it. So, do it.
Before you write a single word of dialog, you have to know how to get your characters into a scene, through a scene and out of a scene.
Without a complete outline, you’re going to waste a lot of time writing a bad script.
You know what a log line is, right? If you don’t, it’s a one sentence summary of a script. You’re going to take that idea and apply it to the scenes in your script.
Get one of those cheap, one subject notebooks and write act one, act two and act three on the first 3 page. (Yes, you can use the computer if you like. I like paper and pencil, so I use notebooks) Take a look at your blueprint and pick out one of your notes.
Tim arrives at the recording studio by taxi, it’s freakin’ hot.
This is a note for a script I’m currently working on. Since it happens near the beginning, I turn to act one, and write it on line 5 or 6. I go through all the notes in my blueprint and find a place, on my act sheets, for each scene. There will be lots of blank spots. That’s okay. You’ll fill those in as your outline takes shape. When I realize I need to ad a scene on line 9 of act two, but there’s no room, I turn to another page, label the act and start writing from the beginning popping scenes in where they fit. Yes, a computer would be easier but I feel more creative with paper and pencil.
Now, if there’s a lot going on in a scene, I’ll need to make some notes. Assign the scene a number. Write it on the logline and on a 3×5 card. (in pencil so you can change scene numbers if you need to) Everything I don’t want to forget goes on the card. Even if you’re using a computer to make your outline, I still recommend you use the 3×5 cards for notes. It makes it easier to see everything at once. Make sure you keep those cards in a safe spot.
This is where I’m going to leave you till next Sunday. Keep plugging in the holes in your outline.
Write on,
Melissa
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