Master the art of choosing and developing powerful, marketable story concepts by learning how to generate ideas, bend genres creatively, and evaluate whether your premise has true spec-script potential.
Date: Saturday, April 11th
Time: TBC
Room: Tuke Hall
Filmed: YES
The foundation of any movie is the screenplay. The foundation of any screenplay is the concept. It stands to reason which story concept you develop and write as a spec script is a critical choice. Consider this advice from professional screenwriters:
“Most aspiring screenwriters simply don’t spend enough time choosing their concept.”
Terry Rossio (Aladdin, The Mask of Zorro, Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean)
“The idea is still king. Spend 90% of your time working on the idea.”
Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Trilogy, Michael Clayton, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Andor)
In this session, Scott Myers will teach you how to come up with story concepts, develop them into the foundation of a story, and assess their commercial and creative viability.
Discover how to use Hollywood’s “similar but different” business mantra to your writing advantage. See how you can Genre Bend, Gender Bend, and Geo Bend an existing movie concept and develop it into a new idea. Learn Five Questions you can ask to determine if a story concept has the potential to become a winning spec script.
Great story ideas are everywhere. Take this session to discover how to find them!
Speakers In This Session
Scott Myers // Screenwriter, Blogger, and Educator
Scott Myers, screenwriter with 30+ Hollywood credits, best-selling author of The Protagonist’s Journey, and host of GoIntoTheStory, inspires writers globally.
