PREVIEW:
ADVANCED SCREENWRITING
How do you write
an advanced script?
Advanced scripts
aren't just better written than standard scripts. They handle the key
structure steps in very different ways.
One of these steps
has to do with the main character. You cannot write an advanced script
without a main character of vast capability to make the stakes hit home.
This is why advanced
scripts often have what is known as the "great-souled hero,"
the man or woman with tremendous potential who fails to fulfill it,
goes bad in the process or undergoes profound growth.
These are some versions
of the great-souled hero:
1. the natural aristocrat:
the character who stands above others by natural talent, bearing, dignity
and mission
2. the powerful
personality: the character whose personality can move people, usually
good with words
3. the person of
passion: someone who believes strongly - who live and loves hard
4. the visionary
- if the character cannot make a radically different and better future,
they are not a powerful character
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