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Have you ever envisioned yourself in a particular scene when reading a novel or memoir? Everything is so clear – you can smell the flowers, feel the branches of the trees, and hear the river flowing.
Your job, as a writer, is to take the reader and bring them into the story. If you have any weakness in developing your plot, characters, or setting, you would benefit from a screenplay critique.
When you’re formulating your plot, there is one area that is always gray to the author: the readers’ imagination. There is no way to know exactly what your readers will experience when they read what you write. However, you can expand their imagination through good writing. A screenplay critique can help you develop your plot to make it engaging and realistic. Screenwriters know how to trigger certain emotions and imaginations.
When the good guy always does good and the bad guy always does bad, doesn’t it make a story boring? There needs to be a struggle – characters that grow. However, if your characters change too much, there is nothing left for the reader to remember them by – they only remember the struggle. (Read Pride And Prejudice
Finally, once you have your plot and characters developed, it’s time to bring the reader into the story, by creating vivid scenes.
How?
Simple. Write the scene how you envision it. Working with a professional screenwriter to find the right words for each piece can help you bring the scene to life.
Okay, so why do you need all of this when your goal is simply to reach people with your message? Because readers set aside preachy, boring writing, except in the case of devotionals and commentaries.
If you have a message you want to tell people, but the writing is poor or not interesting, readers will not spend enough time to understand what you’re after. Why not have a screenwriter help you strengthen your writing?
WinePress offers an exclusive service that helps authors with a great story launch to the silver screen. We partner with some of the best screenwriters in the industry help you improve your writing through a screenplay critique and coach you on how to transform your book into a screenplay.
For more information: From Story to Film, or give us a call at 1-800-326-4674.
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