In a previous post we talked about Dan Harmon’s Story Circle. Below is the “Circle” applied to the movie: Star Wars, A New Hope (1977) Star Wars Story Circle A Character’s Zone of Comfort or Familiarity. For Leia, that is the opening scene, which isn’t roses and sunshine. She’s already deeply entrenched in the Rebellion on a Mission to Alderaan. For Luke, he’s on Tatooine and not exactly happy with life on the desert planet being a “moisture farmer.”
A New Journey Begins — Everything follows a Story Circle: novels, movies and life. We want something. Sometimes it is easy to attain, others feel elusive or just out of our reach. The old year is coming to a close and a new bright year will dawn full of expectations. When writing, you must have a clear idea on how you plan to achieve your goal every day, from Jan 1 to Dec 31.
Happy Thursday, everyone. I am doing my Daily Digest early as I may be knee deep into my writing tomorrow morning. Had a long session yesterday, and am a little “fuzzy,” so not as much writing getting done today, despite lots of caffeine. I ran across a great article while researching Dan Harmon’s Story Circle. Every storyline uses this model. Those that deviate are called adaptations, but they still have the bones of the Story Circle.
Now is the time to set your New Years Resolution Writing Goals 2022. And, it’s time to learn how to achieve them, head on. Every year, we make resolutions, and many of us fall short, or remain lost in a post-it note blizzard of unmet desires. Sounds depressing, doesn’t it? But it doesn’t need to be.
Happy Friday, Idleness is the writers devil. But we can’t write “all” the time, can we? Actually, it comes down to your definition of writing. In a previous note, I mentioned that writing alone is hard. Yes, we DO write alone, but without connections with other writers, we feel ALONE – then that little devil creeps in, lying to you: “You can’t do this? Why even bother? You don’t have the time.” If you have two minutes (like reading this…