The Off-Screen Movie
Posted on July 29, 2008 in Story | 1 Comment
Of all the great articles on the Wordplay site this one by Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott is my favorite. It gives great insight into building momentum into your story. Reversals, exposition, and creating a compelling world.
…Here’s the idea: it’s the off-screen movie, the scenes of the story you don’t see, that create momentum in the scenes you do see…
…Most scenes need to be at least somewhat incomplete in order to propel the story; one fights the impulse to make each scene individually satisfying, rather than let scenes service the overall story.
— Wordplayer.com | Read The Full Article
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Okay, that was perhaps one of the craftiest and most educational articles on screenwriting I’ve ever read. Love that site. Thanks for the link and reco :)