THE B2W ULTIMATE THRILLER SCREENPLAY CHEAT SHEET LVH · Title: Microsoft Word - THE B2W ULTIMATE...

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For more free writing resources, check out www.bang2write.com MY LOGLINE : My Thriller logline should be 25-40 words maximum ... It should contain the 3 Cs: clarity, conflict, characters & preferably its HOOK, too. Also, REMEMBER: high concept can be low budget! CRAFT HOW DO I USE VISUALS? DO I HAVE AN OPENER IN EVERY SCENE? OR ARE MY SCENES JUST CHAINS OF DIALOGUE? WHAT IS MY ARENA/ STORYWORLD LIKE AND HOW DOES IT INFORM MY STORY? HOW DOES MY CRAFT REFLECT MY WRITER’S VOICE? STRUCTURE HOW DO I REFLECT THE TONE & GENRE OF MY STORY IN THE TELLING? HOW DO I GENERATE TENSION? HOW DOES THE DRAMATIC CONTEXT WORK, “FROM FLIGHT TO FIGHT” IN THIS STORY? WHERE DOES MY CHARACTER START ... WHERE DOES S/HE END UP? WHY? HAS S/HE LEARNED ANYTHING? CHARACTERS WHO IS THE ANTAGONIST? WHAT DOES S/HE WANT? WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST? WHY DOES S/HE GET CAUGHT UP IN WHAT THE ANTAGONIST WANTS? HOW DOES S/HE REACT? WHAT DOES S/HE DO? WHO ARE THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS? HOW DO THEY HELP OR HINDER THE PROTAGONIST IN HIS/HER MISSION TO DEFEAT THE ANTAGONIST? CONCEPT WHAT IS THE PREMISE, HOOK, THEME OR MESSAGE OF MY STORY? WHO IS THE AUDIENCE? WHY WOULD THEY WATCH THIS? IS MY CONCEPT GENRE-BUSTING? IS IT PRE-SOLD? HOW IS IT “THE SAME ... BUT DIFFERENT”? WHY WOULD PEOPLE INVEST THEIR TIME OR MONEY IN MY STORY?

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MY LOGLINE:

My Thriller logline should be 25-40 words maximum ... It should contain the 3 Cs: clarity, conflict, characters & preferably its HOOK, too. Also,

REMEMBER: high concept can be low budget!

 CRAFT

HOW DO I USE VISUALS? DO I HAVE AN OPENER IN EVERY SCENE? OR ARE MY SCENES JUST CHAINS OF DIALOGUE? WHAT IS MY ARENA/ STORYWORLD LIKE

AND HOW DOES IT INFORM MY STORY? HOW DOES MY CRAFT REFLECT MY WRITER’S VOICE?

  STRUCTURE

HOW DO I REFLECT THE TONE & GENRE OF MY STORY IN THE TELLING? HOW DO

I GENERATE TENSION? HOW DOES THE DRAMATIC CONTEXT WORK, “FROM FLIGHT TO FIGHT” IN THIS STORY? WHERE DOES MY CHARACTER START ...

WHERE DOES S/HE END UP? WHY? HAS S/HE LEARNED ANYTHING?  

CHARACTERS

WHO IS THE ANTAGONIST? WHAT DOES S/HE WANT? WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST? WHY DOES S/HE GET CAUGHT UP IN WHAT THE ANTAGONIST

WANTS? HOW DOES S/HE REACT? WHAT DOES S/HE DO? WHO ARE THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS? HOW DO THEY HELP OR HINDER THE PROTAGONIST

IN HIS/HER MISSION TO DEFEAT THE ANTAGONIST?  

CONCEPT

WHAT IS THE PREMISE, HOOK, THEME OR MESSAGE OF MY STORY? WHO IS THE AUDIENCE? WHY WOULD THEY WATCH THIS? IS MY CONCEPT GENRE-BUSTING? IS IT PRE-SOLD? HOW IS IT “THE SAME ... BUT DIFFERENT”? WHY WOULD PEOPLE

INVEST THEIR TIME OR MONEY IN MY STORY?

 

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THE B2W ULTIMATE THRILLER SCREENPLAY CHEAT SHEET

MY LOGLINE:

 CRAFT

 

STRUCTURE

 

CHARACTERS

 

CONCEPT