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		<title>Do You Really Have To Write This Thing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently a student asked me the following question: Can I write a synopsis/storyline, complete with time era, scenery and plot for a movie, and have someone else develop the characters and dialogue? This is essentially what producers do in Hollywood.  But it&#8217;s very, very hard for young writers to sell movies this way.  And it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOY STORY 3, Part 5:  Let Your Characters Earn Their Happy Ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As discussed in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of this series, the structure of Toy Story 3 is built around the theme of loyalty, and desperate desires of both its protagonists and antagonists to be loved and played with by children.  Love is the currency of Toy Story 3, the one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOY STORY 3, Part 4:  Choose The Right Antagonist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As discussed in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series, Toy Story 3 does a brilliant job of exploring diverse aspects of the theme of loyalty, through an emotional structure built upon the toys&#8217; shared desire to be loved and played with by their owners, and the gigantic obstacles that stand in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOY STORY 3, Part 3: The Foundation Of Structure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, the structure of Toy Story 3 is built around a simple desire shared by its characters, and unified around a simple theme, loyalty.   As Andy grows older and heads off to college, the desperate desire of the toys to be loved and played [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOY STORY 3, Part 2: The Beauty of Unintended Consequences</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I discussed in Part 1 of this series, Toy Story 3 does a wonderful job of building its structure around the greatest wish of its main characters: to be loved and played with by children.  When the toys feel that their owner Andy no longer cares about them, this desperate desire forces them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOY STORY 3: Theme, Structure and Your Character&#8217;s Desire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve read the reviews, seen the movie, or talked to a friend, you know by now that just about everybody loves Toy Story 3.  Audiences cheer.  Critics gush.  Grown adults laugh and weep like children.  So what makes this movie work so well?  And how can you use its secrets to improve your own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEW! Online Screenwriting Classes</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/06/16/new-online-screenwriting-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, You Can Be A Part Of My Screenwriting Classes No Matter Where You Live! Through the power of the internet, you can now join my upcoming &#8220;Write Your Screenplay&#8221; Monday Night Workshop from anywhere in the world.  It&#8217;s the next best thing to sitting in the room. A Different Kind Of Online Class Writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback Part 5: How To Talk About The Bad Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/06/03/screenwriting-feedback-part-5-screenplay-notes-how-to-talk-about-the-bad-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the whole Feedback series:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 It&#8217;s a simple fact.  Writers don&#8217;t like most of what they write. And they don&#8217;t like most of what they read either. Writers can be like rabid bloodhounds, ready to sniff out every flaw in a screenplay at a moment&#8217;s notice. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback Part 4: Begin With What Works</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/06/01/screenplay-feedback-part-4-begin-with-what-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the whole Feedback series:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 All writers give and receive notes all the time.  We give notes to our friends, our colleagues, our writing buddies, and most importantly to ourselves.  We receive notes from producers, directors, teachers, agents, friends, family, and fellow writing students. But how many of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback Part 3:  A New Approach To Feedback</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/05/30/feedback-part-3-a-new-approach-to-screenplay-feedback-and-notes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 17:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I discussed in part 1 and part 2 of this series, writing is a highly intuitive process.  When notes take us away from our organic connection to our scripts, they tend to do more harm than good, no matter how helpful they may seem. 

Whether you are a professional writer, or just picking up the pen for the first time, you're going to have to deal with notes all the time.  From producers, from actors, from directors, from other writers, from family, from friends, and even from yourself.

And guess what.  You're going to need them.]]></description>
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		<title>Script Feedback Part 2: The Danger Of Other People&#8217;s Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/05/28/script-feedback-part-2-the-danger-of-other-peoples-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's easy for most writers to identify a obviously terrible note.  The real danger occurs with the ones that often seem to be the most intelligent...]]></description>
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		<title>Is Feedback Destroying Your Work?</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/05/27/is-feedback-destroying-your-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I finished my first screenplay, I did what any self-respecting screenwriter does.  I sent it to my mom.  She read the script, and called me gushing with pride.

For about half an hour, my mom waxed poetic about every nuance of the script: the story, the imagery, the profound metaphorical qualities.

She only had one question.  Even though it all "worked", she was a little bit confused about why the characters were saying certain dialogue to each other...

"EXT. STREET - DAY" for example.

That was when I realized I was in trouble.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Writers Should Take ACTING Classes</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/04/26/why-writers-should-take-acting-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no wonder that some of the greatest writers began their careers as actors. The art of writing and acting have always been profoundly intertwined. All of the greatest writers have had an instinctual understanding of the actors craft, the ability to create a character, to play with and against text, and to shape a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KICK ASS! The Promise of the Premise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kick Ass! Does Just That&#8230; It&#8217;s rare that you see a big budget action movie that succeeds on as many levels as Kick Ass! Hilarious, high stakes action sequences, directorial vision, fabulous characters, bold acting choices, and more-fun-than-you-can-shake-a-nunchuck-at combine to make Kick Ass! the kind of action movie producers and audiences alike can salivate over.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Mamet&#8217;s Rules For Screenwriting.  What do you think?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Chaweon Koo for forwarding this great memo from David Mamet to the writers of his Emmy-nominated series The Unit. It&#8217;s amazing how even professional writers still need to be reminded of the fundamental principles of writing. I particularly appreciate the way Mamet differentiates between the producer&#8217;s (often misguided) desire to make things clear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With SAVE THE CAT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blake Snyder's Save The Cat! just might be the most dangerous book out there for writers.

And you should read it.

But first, you need to recognize how to harness what's valuable in Save The Cat!, while understanding the principles that make it so potentially destructive.

Blake Snyder isn't dangerous because he is wrong.  He's not.  He's not dangerous because his ideas about how to build a script around a great premise aren't brilliant.   They are.

Blake Snyder is dangerous because he doesn't teach you how to be a writer.  He teaches you how to be a salesperson.]]></description>
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		<title>A PROPHET&#8230; And You&#8217;re Worried YOUR Character Is Unlikable!</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/03/10/a-prophet-worried-your-character-is-unlikable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons to brave the shocking violence of Thomas Bidigain and Jacques Audiard&#8217;s new film, A Prophet (Un Prophéte).  This brilliantly crafted screenplay, which takes you into the brutal world of a French prison through its main character, Malik, makes the prison world of The Shawshank Redemption look like daycare.  As you follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Challenge Check In</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/02/01/final-challenge-check-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow!  It&#8217;s hard to believe we&#8217;ve already reached the official end of the 2010 Screenwriting Challenge.  To everyone who participated, congratulations!  You&#8217;ve made a huge commitment to your writing life that will continue to pay dividends far into the future. Thanks to everyone who came out for the fabulous Challenge Party last night.  We had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Procrastination Teleseminar</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/01/27/free-procrastination-teleseminar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great, FREE teleseminar for any of you who are struggling with procrastination.  Audrey Sussman is more than just a brilliant hypnotherapist&#8230; she&#8217;s also my mom! I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re going to love her teleseminar.  And you don&#8217;t even have to go anywhere to experience it! CONQUERING PROCRASTINATION A Workshop For Creative, Intelligent People Who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Lawyer Or Not To Lawyer?</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/01/22/to-lawyer-or-not-to-lawyer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A question from a student: Question for you: I wrote a short script that this guy wants to film and possibly enter into some festivals. I just want the writing credit, no money- do you think a contract is necessary in a case like this? Or is a gentleman&#8217;s agreement usually good? Luke S. Jake&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Screenwriting Challenge Party!  Save The Date!</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/01/20/2010-screenwriting-challenge-party-save-the-date/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come party with me at the annual: 2010 SCREENWRITING CHALLENGE PARTY! Sunday, January 31st, 2010, 9 pm Playwright Tavern* 202 W 49th St. (between 7th Ave &#038; Broadway) New York, NY 10019 212-262-9263 *Make sure not to confuse it with the OTHER Playwright Tavern on 8th Ave. We won&#8217;t be there! Celebrate your achievement, win [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Check In #2</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/01/18/challenge-check-in-2-what-to-do-when-its-just-not-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re now more than halfway through the 2010 Screenwriting Challenge. For those of you who are still writing every day, congratulations! You&#8217;re taking a giant step toward becoming the writer you want to be. But what if you&#8217;re struggling? What if your writing schedule is spotty or uneven? What if there were some days when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do When It&#8217;s Just Not Coming</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/01/18/screenwriting-and-writers-block-what-to-do-when-its-just-not-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHAT TO DO WHEN IT&#8217;S JUST NOT COMING Understanding the Causes of Writers Block It&#8217;s the most coveted time for writers. The rare moment when the words are just flowing, when writing feels effortless and the ideas are coming faster than you can write them down. During times like these, it&#8217;s easy to think of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screenwriting Challenge Check In #1</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/01/11/screenwriting-challenge-check-in-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re now nearly 11 days into the 2010 Screenwriting Challenge, and the response has been tremendous. I&#8217;ve heard from so many of you, expressing the excitement of those who are enjoying the challenge, as well as the questions of those who are struggling with it. Here are some of the common questions that tend to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power Your Plot: With These Vital Structural Elements</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2010/01/06/power-your-plot-with-these-vital-structural-elements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POWER YOUR PLOT With These Vital Structural Elements Today seems like a good day to talk about completions. Not just the kind of completions you make in your life.  The kinds of completions you make in your scenes. Completions are the single most important element in distinguishing a successful scene from an unsuccessful one. No [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Screenwriting Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2009/12/26/2010-screenwriting-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Begin Your New Year WRITE!  With Jacob Krueger&#8217;s 2nd Annual 2010 SCREENWRITING CHALLENGE Why The Challenge? Let’s face it, the holidays are a brutal time for writers. We all do our best writing when we get into a rhythm. But during the holiday season that rhythm can be impossible to maintain.  Schedules get jammed with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Character An Adjective or a Verb?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's no wonder that some of the greatest writers began their careers as actors.

The art of writing and acting have always been profoundly intertwined.  That's because structurally, movies grow out of character.  And character is the thing that actors understand best.

So what is character from an actor's perspective?  And how can that help you as a writer?]]></description>
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		<title>Got an issue with Robert McKee?  Me too.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't throw away the baby with the bath-water.  As with any screenwriting book, there are some good things to be discovered in Robert McKee's "Story".  But there's also a lot that can be misleading, confusing or even just plain wrong. And for young writers who take his words as gospel, McKee can pose a real danger to finding your voice, truly understanding your character, and discovering the organic structure of your screenplay.

I believe that a big part of that is because McKee teaches screenwriting from a critic's perspective, rather than that of a writer...]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Thoughts About WILD THINGS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Script Analysis: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't yet seen Where The Wild Things Are, you may want to check it out before you read this article.

Let's set aside the question right now of whether or not Where The Wild Things Are is a good movie. Let's set aside the question of whether you liked it or not (or were a little bit embarrassed for liking it as much as you did).

And if you feel like you wasted your twelve bucks on a movie in which essentially nothing happens, let's set that aside too.

Love it or hate it, Wild Things is a movie worth studying, because of the bold and unique ways it is structured to reflect its authors' premise, both in its most wonderful, and its most problematic elements.

PREMISE? WHAT PREMISE?
Wild things is governed by a simple idea-- or at least a strong suggestion-- that we are seeing the whole world through the perspective of a young boy-- as he works out his rage over his isolated life (and more importantly, his parents divorce) by playing with a bunch of stuffed animals in his room.

The writer-director team of Jonze &#038; Eggers make a very strong (and very risky) decision that nothing in the world of the Wild Things is going to exist outside what a boy Max's age could reasonably imagine. This is embodied in every element of the film:]]></description>
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		<title>Where The Wild Things Are &#8211; Interesting Article</title>
		<link>http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2009/10/21/where-the-wild-things-are-interesting-article/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t seen the movie yet, but thought this David Brooks NY Times Article about the film was an interesting discussion of character. I&#8217;ll weigh in with my thoughts after I&#8217;ve seen the film. Share and Enjoy:]]></description>
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		<title>Script Analysis: What&#039;s Wrong With &quot;Surrogates&quot;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Movies are a lot like professional sports. The things we notice tend to be the big plays, the brilliant scenes, the moments that make us say &#8220;wow!&#8221; But what actually makes movies work is a lot like what makes sports teams successful: not the brilliant moments, but the fundamentals. In football, those fundamentals are blocking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the RIGHT Time To Write</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article comes in response to a question I was recently asked by a screenwriting student. I think it describes a challenge almost all screenwriters face:  finding balance. Balance between the planning phases and the writing phases of creating your screenplay. Balance between the demands of your life and the demands of your writing passion. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Most Dangerous Desire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be hard to tell from some of the stuff you see coming out of Hollywood, but believe it or not, no one sets out to be a mediocre writer.

No writer dreams of writing that crappy screenplay with the unintelligible plot.  No writer fantasizes about creating paper thin characters, canned dialogue, or predictable plot points.

As writers, we share a common desire: we want to write great scripts, fascinating characters, brilliant dialogue, and breathtaking stories that catch people and won't let them go.  We want to say something that matters to us, have our voices heard, and create the kind of movies we grew up loving.

All writers want to be great writers.

Unfortunately, for many writers this need to create something great is actually the biggest obstacle to their writing...]]></description>
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		<title>What Happens Next?  Getting Un-Stuck When You Are Lost In Your Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently giving a lecture on using hypnosis to combat writer's block, and was asked a profound question by one of the students.

She explained that her block had nothing to do with fear of writing, procrastination, the desire to get every scene "right" or any of the other common causes of writer's block that students were describing.

Her problem that she simply didn't know what happened next in her story.  She was just plain stuck.  And she felt like until she figured it out, she couldn't write another word.

How many writers have felt EXACTLY like that?

More than you think.

It's easy to convince ourselves that if we don't know what is going to happen, that there's no way to move forward in our writing.

But the truth is exactly the opposite.  And if you want proof, all you have to do is think about your life...]]></description>
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		<title>Five Steps to a Writing Lifestyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a challenge I created for my Write! Write! Write! students.  Use it in your own work and notice how quickly and effortlessly writing becomes a natural part of your lifestyle...]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts On &quot;Drag Me To Hell&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just saw "Drag Me To Hell" tonight.  Talk about a great example of how a well structured movie uses theme to craft a character's journey.    Spoiler alert:  If you haven't watched this movie yet, this might be a good time to dash out and see it.  Then come on back and read all about it.

The theme of "Drag Me To Hell" is pretty simple: selfish desire leads to the soul's destruction.  The film begins with a woman who is genuinely good.  And step by step, the structure of the film quite literally drags her to hell-- not just through the terrible curse that she must contend with, but by causing her to make such immoral choices in her attempts to escape it that by the time it's all over, she just about deserves her fate...]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to TRASH your whole Script?  Not Until You Read This Article.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, a student asked me a profound question.  It's a problem faced by so many writers that I decided to include it and my answer in this month's newsletter.

What do you do when you're so fed up with your writing, you're ready to scrap your whole project?

Whoa!  Pull those pages out of the trash can-- at least until you try these simple tricks to re-energize your writing and get your project rocking again...]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of Three Act Screenplay Structure (or, &#8220;Why Am I Lost In My Second Act?&#8221;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 19:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For about as long as there have been screenwriting books, young writers have been taught that movies have a three act structure.  Each act is viewed as 30 to 60 page chunk of the plot and when they're all assembled together, they provide a beginning, middle, and an end for your story.

Countless script doctors, critics, teachers, and producers have used this structure to break down great movies, and analyze how they are put together.

But while this may be a great way of looking at a finished script from a critical perspective, it's not particularly useful to screenwriters.  When you're beginning a new project, it's not exactly groundbreaking news that your story is going to need a beginning, middle and an end.  The real challenge is figuring out how to structure your story in a way that captures the essence of your character's journey.

Trying to use three act structure to create the story of your movie is like trying to sprint through a marathon.  You may start off strong, but by the time you hit the middle of the story, you'll most likely be running out of steam...]]></description>
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		<title>Kill Your Outline: A Screenwriter&#8217;s Guide To Discovering Your Character</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young writers often get obsessed with writing for the audience. Even in the earliest drafts, their focus is on sneaking in tons of exposition about their characters, layering themes or symbolic motifs, or carefully outlining the mechanics for a surprise ending they think will be the key to selling their script.

It's no wonder that this happens. After all, these are the things that film scholars rave about and film studies classes teach-- complex psychological portraits and deep thematic importance, screenplay structures, beat sheets and outlines.

So why do movies written this way so often come out flat? Why does it seem like nothing is happening, when the writer has put so much effort into building the psychological life of the character? Why do all the themes and motifs just feel like smoke and mirrors? Why is no one reacting to the surprise ending you've worked so hard to craft?

It's not because these things aren't important. They are. It's because you're focusing on them TOO EARLY.]]></description>
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		<title>What If Your Screenplay Isn&#8217;t Good?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had a student ask me a profound question. After chugging along excitedly for a month on a first draft of a new screenplay, he had found himself paralyzed by a terrifying question: &#8220;What if it isn&#8217;t GOOD?&#8221; I think we can all imagine his horror&#8211; the kind of horror only a writer can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Six Most Destructive Words For Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are six of the most destructive words writers can say to themselves: &#8220;Maybe I Don&#8217;t Really Want This&#8230;&#8221; If you&#8217;re a writer, you&#8217;ve probably uttered these words more times than you&#8217;d like to admit. A day spent procrastinating. &#8220;Maybe I don&#8217;t really want this&#8230;&#8221; A missed deadline. &#8220;Maybe I don&#8217;t really want this&#8230;&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts On &quot;The Watchmen&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my Monday class tonight a question came up about the difference between Message and Theme.

It turns out a perfect example can be seen in the "The Watchmen".

Theme is about the character's journey. It reflects the want the character is pursuing, the value in that character that is being tested, and the way the character changes.

Message is about the writer. It's what the writer wants you to believe. And in execution it tends to be preachy and unengaging, because it's all about PLOT and INFORMATION, rather than about a character on a journey...]]></description>
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