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About this Book
The leap from concept to final draft is great, and the task is filled with
hard work and horrors. It is here that most writers struggle to get the
plot right at the expense of the story's real power. The result is a script
that is logical in every way, yet
unmoving.
Emotional Structure,
by Emmy- and Peabody-Award winning producer, writer, and teacher, Peter
Dunne, is for these times, when the plot fits nicely into place like pieces
in a puzzle, yet an elemental, terribly important something remains
missing.
The missing piece won't be
found by adding action, you can't stir the soul with a car chase. And the
problem won't be helped by a change of location,
the only location that matters is deep in your
protagonist.
The solution is to pay
constant attention to the inseparable nature of plot development and
emotional development.
When you create any scene,
whether it's a police pursuit on the interstate or a heart-to-heart in the
kitchen, the emotional reasoning behind the scene has to be evident. When
you develop the emotional current that sustains the action, you create a
scene with heart and soul, and you-and your viewers-are going to feel the
passion.
Scene after scene, Dunne
(Sybil, Dallas, Melrose Place, CSI, Jag, Dr. Quinn: Medicine
Woman) shows you how to develop the dramatic equilibrium of incident and
response, of intellect and emotion that will turn your screenplay's
problems into its power.
About the Author
Peter Dunne is an Emmy and Peabody Award winning producer, writer and
teacher with over 30 years experience in the business. He has held
positions of vice-president of development at Viacom, Lorimar (now Warner
Bros. TV), and Spelling entertainment. He has written and/or produced the
shows SYBIL, DALLAS, KNOTS LANDING, MELROSE PLACE, CSI, JAG, SAVANNAH, NOWHERE MAN, and DR. QUINN: MEDICINE WOMAN
among others. He teaches screenwriting at UCLA, offering a 10-week course
in Emotional Structure on a quarterly basis and a 4-day intensive workshop
every spring. He has recently been invited to instruct and lecuture at
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and The National University of Ireland in Galway.
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