Worst Thing Writers Can Do To Their Work - Kelly Edwards

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As HBO and WarnerMedia’s SVP of Talent Development for seven years, Kelly Edwards oversaw all of the emerging artists programs for HBO, HBOMax, and Turner, both domestic and abroad. Edwards’s career spans both television and film, having served as a key corporate diversity executive at Comcast/NBCUniversal and a creative executive for both film director Garry Marshall and producer Laura Ziskin. After moving to television, she spent six years as a senior executive at Fox, where she developed Living Single, Clueless, and The Wild Thornberrys. As SVP of Comedy Development at UPN, she developed Girlfriends, The Parkers, and Malcolm in the Middle. Edwards also produced the movie of the week A Christmas Detour for Hallmark, and the one-hour drama series Sex, Love, and Secrets. She holds a BA in Theater from Vassar and an MFA in Screenwriting from Emerson. Edwards has served on the Annenberg Inclusion Board, the UNCF Leadership Council, the ATAS Diversity committee, as a Trustee for NALIP, and is a 2019 Sundance Episodic Lab fellow. Kelly's book The Executive Chair: A Writer’s Guide to TV Series Development is now available (via Michael Wiese Productions).
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[@JrtheKing91]

Write for emotion, not for gimmicks 💡

[@Funaru]

One thing that is also often underestimated is world building. Why do resonate films like the original Star Wars triology or Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings so much? Yes, they have amazing characters whose motivations make sense but they also have fascinating worlds with a deep lore.

[@dreamcatcher5502]

Great conversation. My first characters that I still love to this day were Old Dan and Little Ann from Where the Red Fern Grows and of course Billy. I read that book everyday on the afternoon school bus in middle school. Now it's a movie and I still cry everytime I watch it. The narrator in the movie is the author himself. And when he says "Where the Red Fern Grows" at the end, I cry like a baby. Such a great book and movie for kids. ❤

[@Amelia_PC]

Love it! I'd like to know how it applies to some movies, like old James Bond Movies. They seem so plot-oriented that I don't get Bond's personality in those old ones. Or North by Northwest. Oddly, I like them anyway. (haha bunch of movies from an era that even my parents weren't born)

[@AndreaClinton]

James Bond, I believe, is one of those movies that are like Boys-Toys, is what I call them. Women watched because Bond is handsome (especially Sean O'Connor), however, it was made for men to marvel over all the action possibilities, w/gadgets and other props, explosions and crashes. It's conceptions seems gimmicky. Successful films made for franchise.

[@antiochus87]

A large part is also purely wish fulfillment. Every man essentially wants to be Bond, girls, gadgets, cars, excitement. Some things are gimmicky and they work (or worked) but that doesn't mean you should seek to emulate them. Plot-orientated isn't a bad thing, it's just a different focus. Whether something is character or plot-orientated, it needs both. The exceptions to this are rare and risk being too dumb or too boring.

[@Amelia_PC]

@@antiochus87 Indeed. Agree 100% I don't like plot-oriented movies. James Bond and a handful of them, maybe. I like character-oriented stories in any medium.

[@Amelia_PC]

@@AndreaClinton Exactly. I was studying plot-oriented stuff for the gimmick concept. For comics and games (my area), it's important to understand how it works. Unfortunately, you need one of those franchise IPs in the belt, at least, in comics and games to stay in the industry. I have one IP that had to convert to a "franchise gimmick" and I hated it. But, I need a team and keep them fed and warm haha ^^

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[@filmcourage]

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[@filmcourage]

Which part of the writing process do you struggle with the most?

[@user-cj4fu8qq9b]

the writing process

[@alperenelbasan7909]

I’m usually good with writing characters and motivations but I struggle a lot with writing a plot

[@thegeekclub8810]

Actually sitting down and writing

[@mwescapists7097]

Starting and finishing.

[@dh1163]

The part I struggle with most is pretty much what she described: mining my own emotions in order for my protagonist to inhabit a reality that is authentically relatable.

[@bobpowers9637]

Great channel and superb interview as always

[@Ebonyjo]

This was really good! I resonated hard.

[@northernwindcomicspaul2531]

I Agree 💯❤️💯

[@rodschmidt8952]

What if the character wants to do nothing but sit on the beach BECAUSE when the character does anything else it brings up horrible trauma and memories?

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❣️💯

[@_Johnny_BRAV0]

This channel is discussing the wRight stuff. ...where CINEMA begins

[@filmcourage]

Doing our best!

[@azia3337]

I don’t like re writes

[@dangerusslee5054]

Is any of this news to anyone?

[@dh1163]

I don't know if it's "news," but maybe a lot of writers are more often consumed with plot, structure, and other story elements, without questioning whether the motivations and actions depicted derive from authentic emotion?

[@antiochus87]

Have you seen any movies or TV series recently? Apparently there's a lot of "writers" who don't know the first thing about writing or storytelling.

[@TurtlePower718]

Fifth!