In this episode, Chas, Stu and Mel attempt to answer a listener question: “In your own pre-writing process, how do you know you have enough for a feature? And do you have a specific pre-writing method you’re going to?”
Thus we launch into a discussion on our writing processes and the varying usefulness of tools such as log lines, turning points, beat sheets, synopsis, treatments, and scene breakdowns. We also tackle the challenges encountered while developing an idea to first draft, such as balancing the pace of the story, developing distinct character voices, character choices, plot changes, pacing, and thematic clarity.
Is this backmatter? Or is it development tools? You decide! Hahaha.
Thanks so much to Chris Walker for his excellent editing on this episode!
"I’m not someone who’s at the moment interested in writing 10 drafts, vastly different drafts of a script, right? Which certainly writers do and have done early in their career because they don’t have the tool sets or the processes or the structures to kind of understand how to develop the story."
— Stu Willis | DZ-106: How do you know if you have enough story?
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