2.5 Tips On Writing A Scene

[@robertkern7041]

Useful content. Discovered you through your film courage Interview. You express yourself clearly and are a natural teacher. Keep up the good work!

[@writingforscreens]

Thank you so much! "Useful" is my goal!!

[@callroland]

Ditto... You’re putting things together for me that I’ve been stumbling over for years.

[@writingforscreens]

Thanks! So glad it's helpful!!

[@jproog41]

Another video chock full of good advice. Thank you!

[@writingforscreens]

So glad to be chock!!

[@morningcoffee1111]

You’re putting things together for me that I’ve been stumbling over for years. “Beats” never clicked for me until this video. I’m so grateful. Thank you!

[@writingforscreens]

Thank you so much for letting me know that it help you! That's great - go write :)

[@nextinstitute7824]

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[@writingforscreens]

I know, right?!

[@nextinstitute7824]

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[@writingforscreens]

You are entirely welcome!

[@mikehess4494]

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[@quanwe-tv]

Thank you

[@writingforscreens]

Glad it's helpful!

[@emilyeshraghi8197]

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[@writingforscreens]

Your comments make it worthwhile!

[@accrabroadcastingnetwork8137]

Great advice Sir, am learning Script writing , you explaim things very well and understandable , Thank you 🤝🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@writingforscreens]

Thanks so much for watching and so glad it's useful!

[@python-for-everyone]

Thank you very much for this great video. I'm going to divide my next coding tutorial into scenes where the viewer learns something in each scene, building up to a complete understanding at the end. But since I'm narrating the video AND am the one that shows the problem and solution, who is the one that experiences the adjustment? Me as the narrator? Or the viewer of the video? Or both?

[@writingforscreens]

There are many differences between educational videos and narratives, so don't worry too much if my videos (which are mainly about narratives) need some adapting. Just use what you like, the way that works best for you! I'd say in the case you're describing, it is the viewer who is getting the experience, and perhaps (hopefully) adjusting. You as the narrator are presenting them with the path they are on, and structuring it for their experience.

[@python-for-everyone]

@@writingforscreens Thank you for the answer. It makes sense that the viewer is the person that has the experience and the teacher is the guide in the story. In my video's, I use phrases like "I click this button", "I add this code here" and when I address the viewer, I use phrases like "Look at X", "This is where you see Y. Am I correct to assume I am both using the first person view and second person view?

[@writingforscreens]

@@python-for-everyone I think that is probably the correct grammatical name for it. I don't think much about what you're "supposed" to do, or what the rules say. I watched a lot of videos and thought about what I personally felt I got something from, and what I felt was formulaic, unhelpful etc. Then I came up with an ideal type of video I would make - - and then I tried to learn how to make videos and changed my plan away from my ideal and toward what I could actually do :) That's really the answer: do what you like, what you think is good...and do what you actually CAN, even if it's not the "best" or the way you'd like it to be. Make the best version of what you can do.

[@python-for-everyone]

@@writingforscreensUntil recently I never thought about storytelling and from channels like yours I got really excited about it. Now I have a lot of fun experimenting with it and am trying to find a way to transfer what I learned to writing educational videos. Thanks for the reminder just to use whatever works in a video. That's good advice!

[@posingmoreposing6030]

Adjustments Buttons and Hooks

[@writingforscreens]

Indeed!

[@michaelgerena5676]

Thanks for another great video. I have a question when it comes to starting a script. I always find it extremely hard to get those first few words in and often find myself staring at the screen on and off for days. Once I can finally begin it's a lot easier to keep going but that first blank page is terrifying. Are there any methods you use or recommend to get over this?

[@writingforscreens]

Try "sketching" - just throw down some random relevant words, or write a quick summary of what you intend to put down. Anything: words on the page. Then you can add to them or change them on another day. Don't try to do too much at once. You'll build stamina as you go - start with small steps. Also: try starting with something from the middle or end, and worry about getting the beginning down the line. Write the "bad" version of whatever will eventually go there. (You'll be surprised how much of the "bad" version ends up being pretty good. And if it's not: you'll have something to make better - and that at least is a specific, limited puzzle to solve: how do I make this bit better?) And then ask yourself...whose voice is this, telling me I'm not good enough? Because whoever that is: they're not you and they're not real. Look at them, and they will vaporize. Then you can just be you, and that person likes writing.

[@michaelgerena5676]

@@writingforscreens thanks for taking time to give me some great advice. Can't wait to get home and see where it takes me!