Comments on: The most expensive screenwriting book I have ever seen and the Transformational Character Arc Part 2 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chris J. Scurria http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-36782 Chris J. Scurria Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:34:12 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-36782 My future book is about a dude shrouded in his past. He lives and works day to day. . . and then he finds his friends just wanted to help him (and not remind him of those days ago. . .). He goes to school on Monday and meets a girl. And she is not just "some girl" either. God Bless Unk. Past regrets but not looking back anymore. c. s. My future book is about a dude shrouded in his past. He lives and works day to day. . . and then he finds his friends just wanted to help him (and not remind him of those days ago. . .). He goes to school on Monday and meets a girl. And she is not just “some girl” either.

God Bless Unk.

Past regrets but not looking back anymore.

c. s.

]]> By: Chris J. Scurria http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-36781 Chris J. Scurria Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:20:59 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-36781 Hey some suggestions: THE ONE SHROUDED IN HIS/HER PAST THE ROCK FAN THE ROCK READER Or this one (joke): THE BOOK STORE THAT DOESN't SEEM TO SELL CHRISTIAN MUSIC ANYMORE (!). :) Jesus lived for God and was God. Hey some suggestions:

THE ONE SHROUDED IN HIS/HER PAST

THE ROCK FAN

THE ROCK READER

Or this one (joke):
THE BOOK STORE THAT DOESN’t SEEM TO SELL CHRISTIAN MUSIC ANYMORE (!). :)

Jesus lived for God and was God.

]]> By: Unk http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-3653 Unk Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:31:51 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-3653 I also forgot to add that the more screenplays you write and the more characters you develop, the less you'll ever have to remember about ANY of this stuff. Why? Because by then, it's already a part of you. Unk I also forgot to add that the more screenplays you write and the more characters you develop, the less you’ll ever have to remember about ANY of this stuff.

Why?

Because by then, it’s already a part of you.

Unk

]]> By: Unk http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-3652 Unk Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:28:22 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-3652 TCinLA, Maybe you missed what I said about all this simply being INFORMATION. I will be the very first one to say NOT to memorize this stuff... Not to print it out and have it sitting right next to you while you write. I will say however, that learning a little about personality types is something that a lot of us NEVER do. I like knowing the general character traits of certain personality types... It definitely helps ME... If it helps one other person to help create a believable character then it's worth it to ME. No need for you to preface your statement if you don't see the usefulness of this stuff... LOL. But unfortunately, you're wrong... I couldn't have written three scripts over this. Not even one and I don't spend as much time on this as you might think. My point is to simply jog a prospective screenwriter's thinking as they THINK about their characters. Knowing what a personality type is capable of might just be the element to make a character complete. Or not. Maybe it's just a nice starting place. And no offense... If it was as simple as: Act one: get your character up a tree. Act Two: throw rocks at him. Act Three: bring him out of the tree. Then nobody would ever come here and everyone would be pumping out blockbusters. But they ain't. I appreciate the comment... And I don't think you're a fuddy-duddy at all. The most IMPORTANT thing a prospective screenwriter can do is sit down and put an hour a day into doing it. That, we agree on. Unk TCinLA,

Maybe you missed what I said about all this simply being INFORMATION. I will be the very first one to say NOT to memorize this stuff… Not to print it out and have it sitting right next to you while you write.

I will say however, that learning a little about personality types is something that a lot of us NEVER do. I like knowing the general character traits of certain personality types… It definitely helps ME… If it helps one other person to help create a believable character then it’s worth it to ME.

No need for you to preface your statement if you don’t see the usefulness of this stuff… LOL. But unfortunately, you’re wrong… I couldn’t have written three scripts over this.

Not even one and I don’t spend as much time on this as you might think.

My point is to simply jog a prospective screenwriter’s thinking as they THINK about their characters. Knowing what a personality type is capable of might just be the element to make a character complete.

Or not. Maybe it’s just a nice starting place.

And no offense… If it was as simple as:

Act one: get your character up a tree.
Act Two: throw rocks at him.
Act Three: bring him out of the tree.

Then nobody would ever come here and everyone would be pumping out blockbusters.

But they ain’t.

I appreciate the comment… And I don’t think you’re a fuddy-duddy at all.

The most IMPORTANT thing a prospective screenwriter can do is sit down and put an hour a day into doing it.

That, we agree on.

Unk

]]> By: TCinLA http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-3647 TCinLA Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:20:10 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-3647 I don't want to sound like I dislike your work, because I do, but after going through this and the first part, I have to say you are over-thinking things. If a writer puts this much effort into background like this, and keeps all this somewhere in the little grey cells of the RAM where they can be accessed, they're never going to get a page written! Overthinking a project is a serious risk for writers, because we live in our heads most of the time anyway, and doing all this is a great way to completely disguise the biggest problem writers face: procrastination. Not to sound like a fuddy-duddy, but everything you have here is fine for someone who has never met a human being before in their life and needs a roadmap to people. We all know these types - we've grown up dealing with them! Trust me, from having written ten movies that got made, here's what you need to know: Act one: get your character up a tree. Act Two: throw rocks at him. Act Three: bring him out of the tree. Really, just sit down and put an hour a day into DOING IT. Not that I don't like your stuff, you're very provocative, but I bet you could have written three scripts over this. I don’t want to sound like I dislike your work, because I do, but after going through this and the first part, I have to say you are over-thinking things. If a writer puts this much effort into background like this, and keeps all this somewhere in the little grey cells of the RAM where they can be accessed, they’re never going to get a page written!

Overthinking a project is a serious risk for writers, because we live in our heads most of the time anyway, and doing all this is a great way to completely disguise the biggest problem writers face: procrastination.

Not to sound like a fuddy-duddy, but everything you have here is fine for someone who has never met a human being before in their life and needs a roadmap to people. We all know these types – we’ve grown up dealing with them!

Trust me, from having written ten movies that got made, here’s what you need to know:

Act one: get your character up a tree.
Act Two: throw rocks at him.
Act Three: bring him out of the tree.

Really, just sit down and put an hour a day into DOING IT.

Not that I don’t like your stuff, you’re very provocative, but I bet you could have written three scripts over this.

]]> By: Unk http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-3607 Unk Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:48:43 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-3607 Yow! Sorry about the emails... I checked my email today and had literally HUNDREDS of bogus CONTACT FORM emails but no emails from anyone else. I went into my server -- deleted the email address and password -- then recreated it and sent a few test emails -- everything seems to be good to go. The only thing I like to CHANGE are my characters... LOL. MaryAn, If Bill says so, it MUST BE TRUE. Unk Yow! Sorry about the emails… I checked my email today and had literally HUNDREDS of bogus CONTACT FORM emails but no emails from anyone else.

I went into my server — deleted the email address and password — then recreated it and sent a few test emails — everything seems to be good to go.

The only thing I like to CHANGE are my characters… LOL.

MaryAn,

If Bill says so, it MUST BE TRUE.

Unk

]]> By: Joshua James http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-3603 Joshua James Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:58:42 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-3603 My email's been bounced too, just a few days ago . . . My email’s been bounced too, just a few days ago . . .

]]> By: Moviequill http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-3602 Moviequill Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:32:52 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-3602 Unk, my email contact for you is bouncing back? Did you change it or is it just a glitch in the wonderful web? I wanted to ask if you had a certain script... Quest For Fire... I want to have a look at action writing with little to no dialogue Unk, my email contact for you is bouncing back? Did you change it or is it just a glitch in the wonderful web? I wanted to ask if you had a certain script… Quest For Fire… I want to have a look at action writing with little to no dialogue

]]> By: MaryAn http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-3594 MaryAn Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:13:42 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-3594 Unk, my book says that I, too, have the "write" stuff. Peas in a pod, love. Bill says so. Unk, my book says that I, too, have the “write” stuff. Peas in a pod, love. Bill says so.

]]> By: Joshua James http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2/screenwriting/books/2007/03/16/comment-page-1/#comment-3589 Joshua James Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:47:42 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/uncategorized/2007/03/16/the-most-expensive-screenwriting-book-i-have-ever-seen-and-the-transformational-character-arc-part-2#comment-3589 THE FONZ, according to the live action doll my brother and I had growing up (he had moveable thumbs) . . . but it's been awhile, so I could be mistaken . . . About my comment, I wrote that bad boy at about four in the morning and maybe mental from my acute insomnia, and you can tell from the missing words . . . aak! But THE BLOOD OF HEROES came on HBO at five-thirty and woke me up, that movie fuckin' rocks. THE FONZ, according to the live action doll my brother and I had growing up (he had moveable thumbs) . . . but it’s been awhile, so I could be mistaken . . .

About my comment, I wrote that bad boy at about four in the morning and maybe mental from my acute insomnia, and you can tell from the missing words . . .

aak!

But THE BLOOD OF HEROES came on HBO at five-thirty and woke me up, that movie fuckin’ rocks.

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