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The article had a link to a "related post" which had Neil Gaiman's 8 rules for writing: http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/02/28/neil-gaimns-eight-rul... I found those far more useful than the Pixar ones. (Although I admit that "when stuck, list everything that would NOT happen next" is a pretty good one.)
Great quote, applicable to nearly everything.
As suggestions to tape on your wall, these seem excellent, something to look at when you are stuck. As rules, maybe not. "What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal?" Interesting notion, but then I think of War and Peace . Pierre Bezuhov is good at nothing much at all. He is challenged, and transformed. But what is the polar opposite of being a…
This is great. It also makes me think that, for whatever reasons, Cars 2 was not written by Pixar. It's a horrible sequel. The original story had fully rounded characters, personal discovery, redemption, recognition of working with others, a whole pile of admirable qualities. Cars 2 has a bunch of animated effects, celebrity cameos, and lots of guns, shooting and rockets. There may have been a story with a message bu…
Cars was quite profitable post-box office, I can't help but think Disney pushed for a sequel before the buzz ran off.
I just don't understand why someone didn't stand up and say 'can't we write a good sequel and make lots of money?'
In short : why not Empire Strikes Back? Lots of cool merch in that one, but a good story as well. It can be done.
Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___. Also a good way to write a product definition.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2011/09/07/arts/television/1000...
Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___. Also a good way to write a product definition.
It really underscores the basic way to write a plot.
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Even further on this tangent -- Mass Effect's problems began right at the setup. It starts too big. You begin as a hero, chosen by Earth to be, in essence, the representative for all humanity. (Recall your choice of back stories each points to your character having a past more interesting than anything that happens in the actual story -- always a bad sign and indicative of lazy writing.) It's a terrible way to start…
Given the scale of the problem (reapers), starting at a Spectre scale is pretty logical. Else you'd have character progression that is too fast
This is great. It also makes me think that, for whatever reasons, Cars 2 was not written by Pixar. It's a horrible sequel. The original story had fully rounded characters, personal discovery, redemption, recognition of working with others, a whole pile of admirable qualities. Cars 2 has a bunch of animated effects, celebrity cameos, and lots of guns, shooting and rockets. There may have been a story with a message bu…
Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___. Also a good way to write a product definition.
This is great! Although I'm confused about the two Because of Thats... can someone provide an example of how to complete this in a way that this part makes sense?
I'm sure you could write it up other ways, and do a better job with more time, but basically, that's Finding Nemo.
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It really underscores the basic way to write a plot.
You should avoid trying to start pun threads, though your profile suggests you do this in protest, which is even less useful.
Look at my profile again, and you should see that I'm far more passionate about the inane, arse-backwards moderation system.