Writing a Star Wars Prequel is no small task, as George Lucas discovered. Not only do you have to reverse-engineer a story and the characters involved, but you have to deal with the backstories the fans have created for themselves, to fill the void. This is why, I believe, my generation hated The Phantom Menace,…
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So Long, Princess
Carrie Fisher, One with the Force, December 27, 2016
How My Stories Go from Imagination to Polished Manuscript, Part Two
https://store.savethecat.com/collections/products/products/save-the-cat-the-last-book-on-screenwriting-you-ll-ever-need Again, your mileage may vary. It all depends on how your imagination works. My imagination is visual and I’m still learning. I think in pictures and it gets very messy. Metaphorically speaking, a story comes to me like a ton of dirty, mismatched socks dumped on me all at once. I’ve learned to just…
How My Stories Go From Imagination to Polished Manuscript, Part One
This process is different for every storyteller. Your mileage may vary. The first step is to figure out how your imagination works. Mine dumps a story on me like a ton of dirty, mismatched socks, which I then must clean up and sort into pairs by style, color, and size. The seed of the story…
