LIVE - CREATIVE WRITING CLASS: “Can I Just Skip To The Good Parts?”

I start by mentioning a smart Substack essay by Lincoln Michel about this ever-churning sh!tshow: “LLMs Are Revealing How Low the Bar Is (And Lowering It Even Further)” Here’s a link to it:
https://countercraft.substack.com/p/llms-are-revealing-how-low-the-bar?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=284412&post_id=198462184&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=dvup5&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

WE ALSO TALK ABOUT:

“Writing a noir script: any advice on writing a ‘dark’ protagonist?”

“How much can I rush to get to the scenes I’m excited about, by moving intervening events off screen?”

“Should I do a 10-character ensemble school slice of life or a 2-character story contrasting a rising person and a retiring person? Which one is more interesting to read?”

“I understand my over-arching story and characters really well, but I struggle to extend the plot past the premise and a few key scenes? Any advice for how you find the ‘in-between scenes’?”

“How do you find non-obvious endings?”

“How do you feel about the call for second-screen over-exposition and tiktok pacing?”

“Did you ever write a script that ends in a question?”

“How do you come up with story ideas?”

“How do you feel about Dan Harmon saying that the popular shows are not about anything at all, just about people hanging out?”

In my answers I refer to these videos on my channel - PLEASE check them out:

Use What You Have - https://youtu.be/3Yvz_L8z1IA
A Process Of Questions - https://youtu.be/DfUJb1IAwBI
Brainstorming & Scrap Piles - https://youtu.be/T4WFPCSfOqU
The 6 Essential Questions - https://youtu.be/F7i3w6XW_2Q
“Where Do You Get Ideas?” - https://youtu.be/A3j4Z6xSUBc

FIND “Writing For Screens” ON SUBSTACK!!
https://writingforscreens.substack.com/

That’s where I’m mostly working now -- and IT’S FREE to subscribe.

And if you want a book version of WRITING FOR SCREENS - you’re in luck! I made one!

You can buy it as a paperback or Kindle e-book on Amazon:

PAPERBACK: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Screens-Skills-Process-Screenwriting/dp/B0FXJ5MBWS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F5AGUZL3FA76&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.H_GOUtUBSBe8Z8-sxP9c2bDjeUIdNKNg2NMi9d1Pr2yvUq019ugEn7koxjbxOvDbF9xirTdv-E6v3P2kRLXAav6JATLSKPgIpG6GTtUgcJWDPI0mWrwCljPPmYVYmgNDUoF3b4g1t25op41tC_PXnw.Rsvb1MJszASDoqvpOxDhdlx59P5RqYaYxjHy8EXDT7w&dib_tag=se&keywords=Glenn+Gers&qid=1762199550&sprefix=glenn+ger%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-1

KINDLE: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Screens-Skills-Process-Screenwriting-ebook/dp/B0FXHLKPN2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.H_GOUtUBSBe8Z8-sxP9c2bDjeUIdNKNg2NMi9d1Pr2yvUq019ugEn7koxjbxOvDbF9xirTdv-E6v3P2kRLXAav6JATLSKPgIpG6GTtUgcJWDPI0mWrwCljPPmYVYmgNDUoF3b4g1t25op41tC_PXnw.Rsvb1MJszASDoqvpOxDhdlx59P5RqYaYxjHy8EXDT7w&qid=1762199550&sr=8-1

The paperback is also at Barnes & Noble online:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/writing-for-screens-glenn-gers/1148595966?ean=9798999787606

Or ask your local bookstore to order you a copy (through the distributor Ingram)!

Видео LIVE - CREATIVE WRITING CLASS: “Can I Just Skip To The Good Parts?” канала Writing For Screens