Unified Structure: Using Theme to Develop Character and Plot

Unified Structure: Using Theme to Develop Character and Plot, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 3.67, with 7 lectures, 2 quizzes, based on 9 reviews, and has 267 subscribers.

You will learn about You will be able to correctly identity theme using foundational screenwriting tools You will be able to brainstorm your theme using values through a variety of general, specific, odd and literary perspectives You will be able to build theme into your character's inner journey so that it complements your plot You will be able to introduce theme into your story in various non-clunky ways This course is ideal for individuals who are Unified Structure is for anyone interested in developing writing fiction, either as screenplay, play or other narrative. or Unified Structure is for writers who have been told their story "doesn't gel, or "feels like a series of happenings" or "doesn't have a clear point of view" or words to that effect It is particularly useful for Unified Structure is for anyone interested in developing writing fiction, either as screenplay, play or other narrative. or Unified Structure is for writers who have been told their story "doesn't gel, or "feels like a series of happenings" or "doesn't have a clear point of view" or words to that effect.

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Title: Unified Structure: Using Theme to Develop Character and Plot

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 3.67

Number of Lectures: 7

Number of Quizzes: 2

Number of Published Lectures: 7

Number of Published Quizzes: 2

Number of Curriculum Items: 9

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 9

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

You will be able to correctly identity theme using foundational screenwriting tools
You will be able to brainstorm your theme using values through a variety of general, specific, odd and literary perspectives
You will be able to build theme into your character's inner journey so that it complements your plot
You will be able to introduce theme into your story in various non-clunky ways

Who Should Attend

Unified Structure is for anyone interested in developing writing fiction, either as screenplay, play or other narrative.
Unified Structure is for writers who have been told their story "doesn't gel, or "feels like a series of happenings" or "doesn't have a clear point of view" or words to that effect

Target Audiences

Unified Structure is for anyone interested in developing writing fiction, either as screenplay, play or other narrative.
Unified Structure is for writers who have been told their story "doesn't gel, or "feels like a series of happenings" or "doesn't have a clear point of view" or words to that effect

Unified Structure: Using Theme to Develop Character and Plottakes on the primary screenwriting struggle to make stories resonate.

Have you ever been told one of the following?

You story feels like a series of happenings with an ending tacked on.
Your protagonist or hero doesn't seem to learn anything.
I read your story and, um, so what?

Bren designed this seminar to help writers, especially screenwriters, to create a unified narrative. If you consider yourself an intuitive writer, this will give you a structural perspective without crushing your creative impulses. If you're a plot-driven structuralist, this will allow you to expand your creative tool set to maximize your protagonist's inner journey, so that it connects with audiences.

After assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the three foundational screenwriting texts on theme development, Bren lays out how to identify, brainstorm, and develop your story's theme through character journey and plot.

Using examples from various films, you will learn specifically:

How to recognize the weakness in a movie's theme
How to brainstorm the values of your story as a means of finding unifying story elements, and the most vehicle for your theme
How to integrate your theme into a story without making it sound preachy or tacked on.

The course itself is roughly an hour, but it's packed with information to consider and work through. There are no prerequisites so you don't need to have read anything prior to the course. You may want to go back and watch some of the movies referenced in the course afterward to help solidify the concepts in your mind.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Warnings and Definitions

Chapter 2: Developing Theme

Lecture 1: 3 Standard Texts

Lecture 2: Brainstorming Theme

Chapter 3: Building Theme into Your Story

Lecture 1: Character

Lecture 2: Plot

Lecture 3: Integrating Through Your Story

Chapter 4: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Class Example and Summary

Instructors

Brennan Smith
Screenwriter/Story Analyst

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