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Screenwriting from the inside out : think and write like a creative / Margaret McVeigh.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McVeigh, Margaret.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central
Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.
Series:
PALGRAVE PIVOT.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Motion picture authorship.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Contents:
Intro
Preface
This Is That Book
Contents
About the Author
Chapter 1: Introduction
On the Journey to Create
What Do to with Those Ideas?
So How is This Book Different?
As You May Think
References
Chapter 2: Screenwriting and Creativity: From the Inside Out
So, You Want to Write a Screenplay?
The Nuts and Bolts of Screenwriting
Screenwriting and Creativity: Secrets and Lies
Creativity is out There!
Creativity is in Here
The C's of Creativity
Working Out Your Creative Process
The Creative Process
What If?
References
Chapter 3: How do Creatives Think?
Where Do Ideas Come From?
Getting an Idea
As We May Think
Getting New Ideas
Getting It Together
Retrofitting: Practice into Theory
Where To from Here?
Chapter 4: Your Creative Personal Identity: And What to Do About It
Only You: Your Artistic Identity
The Big 5: The Huge 2-What the Hell Are They Talking About?
Understanding Your Creative Personal Identity
Why Create? The Blinding Power of Intrinsic Motivation
The Power of Emotion and Motivation
Tapping into Emotion
Chapter 5: Finding the Lightbulb Moment: Inspiration and Envisioning
Finding Inspiration
The Creativity Maze
A Room of One's Own
Ritual and Reward
Daydreaming, Dreaming, and Doing Automatic Tasks
Creativity and the Unconscious
Which Fish to Catch?
As We May think ... To a Point
Right Brain Go/Left Brain Stop: Intuitive Thinking
Memory: Our Creative Well
Taking a Moment
Chapter 6: Catching the Big Fish: Research and Insight
On the Road to Find Out
What is Research?
Learning from the Masters
Doing the Hard Yards
Turning the Pages of Research
Fishing for those Deep Fish: Idea Generation and Idea Evaluation
Imagination and Imagining
Eureka-I've got it! (And Before That)
Insight: The Dramatic Center and Truth
Finding the Lightbulb Moment
Chapter 7: Writing and Flow. Just do it!
Putting Words on the Page
Finding Flow
Being in the Zone
Staying in the Zone
To Structure or Not to Structure: That Is the Question
Headlights and Stop Lights
Grit and More Grit
Dealing with Roadblocks
A Little Quiet Please: The Place of Meditation and Mindfulness
Being More Mindful
Chapter 8: It Could be More: Sharing and Shaping
It Could Be More!
Putting It Out There
What Are We Looking For?
Feedback. Good or Bad?
It Could Be Still More
Checking in on Metaphor and Meaning
Testing the Emotional Rollercoaster
Dealing the Cards of the Table Read
Chapter 9: A Creative Thinking and Writing Tool. The Creativity Metacognitive Framework
Creative Metacognition
Thinking and Writing Like a Creative
Chapter 10: Living a Creative Life. Be Bold!
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.
Other Format:
ebook version :
Print version: MCVEIGH, MARGARET. SCREENWRITING FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
ISBN:
9783031405204
303140520X
Publisher Number:
99995467837
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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