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Genre, Story Tips And Getting A Film Deal With Charles Harris
It's always good to learn from industry professionals outside our direct area of writing. Today I discuss genre, loglines and getting a film deal with Charles Harris.
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Show notes for Charles Harris interview
Charles Harris is an international award-winning writer-director, a script consultant, co-founder of a screenwriters’ workshop and author of The Complete Screenwriting Course.
You can listen above or on iTunes or Stitcher, watch the video or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below.
* On starting as a screenwriter.
* The three essential elements of scripts that sell and stories that resonate.
* The importance of a strong and interesting premise in TV and film writing and the importance of characters in writing novels, TV or for the screen.
* How premise and pitch are aligned.
* The four elements, structure and theory behind a compelling story sentence. How emotion plays a role in creating a premise or story sentence.
* Writing the story sentence for a multi-book series and the importance of genre when describing your book or screenplay.
* Charles recommends Shooting People for opportunities in independent film
* An explanation of the ‘four quadrants' of the film marketplace and the dangers when films fall in between two quadrants.
* The financial rewards (or not) of being optioned for the screen.
* The expected time authors can expect an optioned book to take to reach the screen.
* The differences Charles notices between writing novels and writing screenplays.
You can find Charles at www.Charles-Harris.co.uk and his book, The Complete Screenwriting Course, here on Amazon.
Transcription of interview with Charles Harris
Joanna: Hi everyone, I am Joanna Penn from thecreativepenn.com and today I am here with Charles Harris. Hi Charles.
Charles: Hi Joanna.
Joanna: Good to have you on the show. Just a little introduction, Charles is an international award winning writer/director,