This might sound hard to believe, but so often, one of THE BIGGEST THINGS that kills a script is skipping past the basics!
In order to be new, exciting, and engaging, you first need to make sure to deliver on the basic conflicts and set-ups inherent in your project’s premise!
Too often, writers in the process of trying to create a name for themselves mistakenly focus on being original, different, interesting, and consistently fail to deliver on story basics. Here are three keys to creating a successful script:
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Characters – Are they credibly motivated to take the actions they take?
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Genre – Does the script deliver on audience expectations from chosen genre?
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Premise – Does the script fulfill the promised conflict inherently found in the premise?
So our advice is to first concern yourself with making sure the story basics of your script are in place. THEN focus on doing cool stuff!
Don’t rush past the basics– we can’t repeat that enough!
We see way too many promising writers not have their scripts sell and get produced and not have their careers launch because they focus on being unique, as opposed to turning in solid drafts that make sense.
Of course, more details to come about how to deliver on your premises!
