Nothing Personal, But Your Life Story Sucks
Submitted by Christopher on November 5, 2009 – 2:58 am2 Comments
Check out my latest post over at Greenwriter.org!
It’s called “Writing Your Life Story? Don’t Forget the Compelling Concept” and it’s about one of the most common mistakes I see as a reader – writing a screenplay about your life when your life really isn’t all that exciting.
Check it out!
Writing Your Life Story? Don’t Forget the Compelling Concept
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Hi Chris, it's been awhile..
I just like to say that I totally agree with you. Although, we all write stories deriving from some point that we came across in our life experiences, most of the times it comes from the moments. I think experiences in real life are fascinating and usually this is where motivation and inspirations came from, but there's the danger of being personal.
For me, I like to just think about that moment of experience and then come up with something else to tell the story.
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