

Unlock Your Story And Pitch Your Screenplay In One Simple Sentence - Naomi Beaty
Feb 12, 2021
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
How Did You Study Writing at ASU?
01:56 • 2min
What Prompted You to Move to LA?
04:08 • 2min
What Makes You Great at Story?
06:03 • 2min
Is Crash a Hard Movie to Watch?
07:43 • 2min
How Did You Meet Blake Snyder?
09:18 • 2min
What Is Story Testing?
11:19 • 2min
Is It All That Hard to Be a Screenwriter?
13:32 • 2min
Is the Log Line Too Long?
15:57 • 2min
What's Your Story Goal?
18:09 • 3min
The a Story Is Not About the Relationship
21:10 • 3min
How Do You Write a Prison Writing Group?
23:40 • 2min
What's the Best Title for a Spec Script?
25:11 • 2min
Three Mistakes Screenwriters Make With Loglines
27:36 • 4min
Screenwriters Use Loglines
31:28 • 3min
How to Determine the Why of Telling a Story?
34:29 • 2min
Don't Write Like the Ultimate Perfect Screenplay
36:56 • 2min
Is It Enough to Write a Story?
39:07 • 5min
The Writing Process Is Always Longer Than You Think It's Going to Be
43:49 • 3min
Character Introductions - Are They Important?
46:49 • 3min
Screenplay Writing
50:18 • 2min
You're Reading a Lot of Scripts for a Producer?
51:53 • 4min
Springboards and Sequences in Movies
55:23 • 3min
Is That a Springboard?
58:05 • 2min
How Do We Know if the Plot Progression Is Taking Too Long?
01:00:29 • 3min
Screenwriters Need to Know About Timelines
01:03:17 • 2min
Are You Working Different Timelines Into Your Library Story?
01:05:10 • 3min
The Effect of Flashbacks on the Audience
01:08:08 • 2min
The Danger of a Flashback
01:09:45 • 2min
How to Invent Supporting Characters in Screenplays
01:11:19 • 2min
Bridesmaids and Melissa McCarthy
01:13:29 • 3min
Characters With a Weak Goal
01:16:16 • 2min
Bridesmaids - What's at Stake?
01:18:29 • 2min
How to Write Overlaid Dialogue in Final Draft
01:20:15 • 2min
What Is a Subplot?
01:21:50 • 2min
Can a Film Have Many Subplots or They Can't?
01:24:10 • 3min
The Subplot of Renee Zellweger
01:26:53 • 2min
How Do You Know if a Screenplay Has Global Problems?
01:28:36 • 2min
Is Your First 10 Pages Really Good?
01:30:12 • 3min
Is Editing Rewriting?
01:32:45 • 2min
Is There Screenwriting Software That Can Do That?
01:34:57 • 2min
The Stakes and Sacrifice in Story
01:37:18 • 4min
Screenwriters Don't Build the Stakes Properly
01:41:23 • 3min
Is There a Goal for Your Character?
01:43:55 • 3min
The Emotional Core
01:47:12 • 3min
Diehard Is - The Story Goal and the Stakes
01:50:10 • 4min
The Emotional Core
01:53:54 • 2min
Is It Valuable for Writers to Understand How Stories Work?
01:56:12 • 2min
How to Start a Screenplay Without an Outline
01:58:20 • 3min
Writing a Screenplay - I Don't Like My Story
02:01:22 • 4min
Writing a Screenplay Is a Good Way to Develop a Relationship With People
02:05:20 • 3min
What Are Your Top Three Screenwriting Rules?
02:07:55 • 3min
Save the Cat Workshops - Writing Through Your Own Workshops
02:10:30 • 2min
How to Write a Good Story
02:12:03 • 2min
Writers and Genres
02:13:36 • 2min