I've been trying to write movies and plays, but all i can come up with is love stories!! Please help me come up with adventure, or comedy... or something like that. please!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-17 01:25:51 · 6 answers · asked by emi_lyf 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
As a writer/ Author with many years in theater, I suggest others who say STICK WITH what you know, have the first clue to your POSSIBLE success. Gads look at all the LOVE stories out there, even comedic ones, that make it to top shelf.
TRYING... kinda bothers me though, no offense. HAVE YOU the talent to write and validity in your work to sell it? Please indulge me a moment. I offer a quote my grandmother stated nearly 60 years ago, as I was writing my first journal entries.
"Writing may feed your heart and soul; Selling it may feed your belly."
Doing what you enjoy, are most passionate about, is more the issue than what you do with it after the fact. Expressing is the passion, and the subject is really a minor point.
Hopefully you have "technique" down as well as you know your own name. Hopefully you know the technical aspects of STORY turned into SCRIPT, and hopefully, Finally, YOU won't QUIT, if this truly is a passion.
Love tales are relatively easy; they can be taken from life, and REAL life experiences. Adventure tales can be as extreme as you wish, since obviously "ACTION/ADVENTURE sells as much as Sex. Comedy is a bit more a rough road. What seems "roll on the floor hilarious" to you, may put theater audiences to sleep?
Above all do not deny the muse...Exercise it; Nourish it; accept that rejection isn't a personal attack, and keep on keeping on, especially if it nurtures YOU!
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2007-02-17 05:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand your problem. I am an aspiring writer as well and I had a problem with only coming up with horror stories. The problem was all I was reading was horror stories. Every book on writing I have ever, ever read suggests reading material from all genres. Read fiction, nonfiction, classics, comedy, thrillers, suspense, horror. Read things you would never ever pick up normally ( I read Catch 22 which is about WWII and I thought I would hate it but now it's one of my favorites). Another thing most self help writing books and accomplished authors say is to read read read. The key to writing anything good is reading ALOT. For example Dean Koontz writes about 60 hours a week, but even though he is an accomplished author, he still makes time to read 2-3 books a week! (Crazy I know). But the moral of this is, if you want to write differently read differently. It helped me!
2007-02-17 10:07:58 · answer #2 · answered by ral2t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you writer? I like Butterfly Effect; That's both interesting and exciting. Because it's difficult to guess and last happy ending so romence! I like The Lake House; That's love story which's hard to be true..show imagine's writer! I like adventure same fantasy movie; Sinbad, The Lord of The Ring etc. Do you know Ray Herryhousen? great desire! I like MR. Bean; That's classic..make me laugh everytimes i watch!
2007-02-17 10:20:28 · answer #3 · answered by Manoonya B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just an idea I've had but I am no writer
a story of to brothers 8 years apart their father came into money after the oldest moved out and couldn't go to collage. the younger one did. Then they see the difference's in their lives the older one is to proud to get help from the younger one but is happy for him.
You go from there
2007-02-17 10:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by b17_4_life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im going with Pompeii on that one, but if you want to change, write a letter to some author of a really good genre that you like.
Christopher Paolini is great!!
2007-02-17 09:32:26 · answer #5 · answered by knonokang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? If love stories is what you're good at, stick with that.
2007-02-17 09:28:59 · answer #6 · answered by pompeii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋