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Updated March 6, 2012



Screenwriting Help E-Mail (March 6, 2012)

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This week's question: 

Sometimes I get confused about what's the most important thing in a screenplay.  Do you have a favorite thing?

Dan from Florida


This week's Answer: 

The Moment

Well, Dan, I'm glad you brought that topic up.  I simply remember my favorite thing and then I don't feel so bad.  (That's from "The Sound of Music" in case my reference was too obscure for you.)  Truthfully, I have come to realize that I do have a "favorite thing" in a screenplay, and that "thing" I call "the moment" of a screenplay.  It's the moment when often everything is revealed, exposed, transformed. the moment that every other moment has been leading up to.  It's the moment when "we get it" and feel it, often crying externally or internally for somebody who is usually the protagonist.  It's often a moment of courage, of sacrifice, of true bravery, and a courage of the protagonist against what often appear to be insurmountable odds.  It's when the undeniable human spirit shines through in all its inimitable glory and we are transformed.  

 

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