Okay folks, this time around we’re going to talk about Backstory…or not, your choice. If you’re not
interested you can skip away, and I know you will.
But, for the interested, here’s the facts. First, we, as writers, love to get into the story, we love the detail in our heads and all the little things that make our characters tick and the story move. And, we’re often told as we learn writing that backstory is vital.
Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are:
In an attempt to make the laziest possible vlog, I asked Twitter for questions I could answer.
One question I wanted to expand on was from my pal Amanda Taylor, who asked if I had any hobbies that I do strictly for fun, referencing the fact that for most people making movies/videos/writing weren’t a part of a larger scheme to get wildly famous and do them full time for lots of money. It legitimately took me a while to answer that question, because on the surface it really doesn’t seem like I have any “real” hobbies. I am, as you’ve likely discovered, very boring.
I couldn’t even consider watching TV shows a hobby, because even though I do it a lot and technically I’ll never be paid to do that, I’m always analyzing shows I watch for structure and themes and seeing what they’re doing that I could be doing better in my own work. To be honest, watching TV has gotten a little exhausting because I can’t turn that part of my brain off anymore. I’m always scanning for continuity issues, for where cuts take place and why they take place where they do, and if the writing or characters are problematic in any way. Becoming a filmmaker and a feminist have ruined my ability to casually enjoy watching things and there are times when I very much wish I was still ignorant.
More of that crazy, zany word stuff that only scholars, geeks and – aw, you guessed – writers care about. That’s right, boys and girls (and scholars, geeks, and writers) we’re talking about words!
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The final film in the Pitch Perfect Series, Pitch Perfect 3 is out on DVD and on on-demand. On a rainy Saturday night I snuggled up in my blanket and decided to watch this film. It follows the choral group the Bellas after their win at the accapella world championships.
The Bellas have moved on and living separate lives. But they all decide to reunite for one last performance at an overseas singing competition on the USO Tour.