Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Creating the idea

How I Came Up With The Idea

Vladimir and Lauren was orginally written as both sides to the story - Vladimir's side, then Lauren's, then Vladimir's again. It was like that, and the story lasted for about three chapters long.
I have always been a keen writer for mythology creatures, especially vampires since I read and research a lot of vampires.
So, the story came up as a roleplay. I'm on a few roleplay sites to inspire my ideas for my short stories. My friend from Scotland, Jeanie, was roleplaying Lauren. I was roleplaying Vladimir. I started off the roleplay, writing the first three paragraphs. Then Jeanie write her part. We developed it from there.
But the only part I put in on my screenwriting was only Vladimir's part, all his parts so far.

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Outlining the steps

  1. One - make an entry on your Blogger outlining your idea for an original (your own idea) screenplay.
  2. Two - publish a research plan detailing how you will use primary and secondary research sources.
  3. Three - make an entry when you have gathered all the research and comment on them (remember this is supposed to support your idea, so make sure it shows that).
  4. Four - read existing screenplays based on the genre you're writing, and then blog about them. What have your leaned; has this inspired you?
  5. Five - read some books on screenwriting - it will improve your skills in writing a screenplay in the correct format.
  6. Six - revisit your research (remember that research is always evolving, it's your job as the writer to see where it takes you).