BPS 304: Zero Draft Thiry - Inside Writing for Hollywood with Scott Myers
Bulletproof Screenwriting™ Podcast
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How to Write a Successful Screenplay
Most of my students are undergraduate and they haven't been tainted by that, which is great because then I can just deal with them. So it's kind of like you're letting the characters kind of lead the plot rather than having this sort of template that comes in. It's fine to use it if you're doing your first screenplay or whatever, but if you sort of keep doing that, you kind of end up with those formulaic movies that you and I always talk about. But let's start with characters. Okay. So I'm going to talk about the characters and see where they take you.
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