Have you wrote a screenplay where you created a character and used some of your life experiences that you and people found relatable?
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Have you wrote a screenplay where you created a character and used some of your life experiences that you and people found relatable?
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I am afraid I have to much respect for the craft and lack the cynicism to say bullshit wins. Bullshits wins if you're a conman or professional liar. Couldn't imagine walking up to William Goldman and saying I loved that bullshit the Princess Bride, such remarkable bullshit.
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Not in a screenplay, but certainly in my books there's a little bit of me. :-)
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I think every screenplay is enriched directly or indirectly by the writers world, Imaginary and real, experienced and fantasied, lived or desired. It would be impossible to write about a character you...
Expand commentI think every screenplay is enriched directly or indirectly by the writers world, Imaginary and real, experienced and fantasied, lived or desired. It would be impossible to write about a character you dont understand, even their insanity/dementia needs to be achieved within the narrative for it to be a good screenplay.
A writer may not initially know who he is building a particular character on but by the end of the screenplay most of us know where some of the strands of a particular character originate most of the time it is putting ourselves in the given situation for the character and then tweaking the moral, ethical, social psychological parameters for them to take on the form you want it to take so as to further your narrative!
Once the emotional & story arc is constructed the technical or scientific details can be inserted post relevant research as I am sure it would have been done for 'Good Will Hunting' you dont have to be a genius to write about a genius.
The implanted academic research used as detail in the screenplay doesnt take away from the fact that it is still someone you inherently understand emotionally and it is because you understand that character you are in the best position to build, sow, nurture his insanity in the narrative in a manner that makes them a real person for the reader or the viewer. And when you do that in a manner that creates a whole new world for the reader you are most likely to be considered a craftsman by your peers!
A writer who is not aware that he is doing so is either incredibly blessed with permanent ignorance or is simply refusing to acknowledge the obvious. Whether we are aware or not each one of us has used a part of our life in our screenplays.
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Agree with Dan MaxXx Nice! Sent an invite!
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In almost every screenplay I have worked on I have used my life experiences or those that I have witnessed/lived with friends and family. Put a dash of imagination onto life experiences to add flavor...
Expand commentIn almost every screenplay I have worked on I have used my life experiences or those that I have witnessed/lived with friends and family. Put a dash of imagination onto life experiences to add flavor ... and there you have it. That way it is easier to anticipate how the character(s) would react, what they would say etc...