Writer Photos Darrell J Banks

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Ten years ago, I wrote an article for suite101.com on Story Telling.
What is the difference between storytelling and character creation? Characters live lives before and after they are inserted in a screenplay.  Stories have a beginning and an end. You stick around for the middle part of the story.

Below this post is an excerpt
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Story and the Screenplay
1.    CR 2003 by author Darrell J. Banks
Why write a screenplay? If you do not know, that answer try your hand at the novel, poetry or golf. Each is as difficult but the screenplay, the world of movies, is different. Much has changed from the days of independent film when Spike Lee erupted on the scene. Today everyone says they can write a movie. The trend is similar to home movies.
Is it the money? To be frank yes, but, one must also know that like lightening, dice and food; to write is to gamble. If you have written poetry, then you know, the words mean something. A screenplay like poetry must make every word count. The words must fit together like a jigsaw piece or you will have a bad picture.
While novels have expanded into dialogue with transitions, a movie must tell a story, show the action, and do it with visual style. The words must tell a story and fill the gaps as the scenes change. Without this  Story,  as the famous Prof. Robert Mckee has said, people won’t buy a ticket…