writing meta

[silentdescant]

Okay, so as some of you probably know, I'm in a playwriting class right now (and it is awesome), and we basically bring in scenes every class period and read them and critique them, and talk about writing processes and techniques and do some workshopping and basically it's the most fun class ever. BUT anyway, today we were talking about an article

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[rude_bunny]

I've always wanted to do proper screen writing classes. I am definitely no writer but I did take a script writing class for animation for two years as part of my course. The technique is so different and the way in which I'd visualise a concept is so very different since it's based almost entirely on the visual concepts. I've gotten a lot of praise for my scriptwriting but at times it feels isolated to the realms of short animation since that's what I mainly write for and I don't know how that would transfer. I love plot, love crafting how things will unfold and the pacing, not so much up on dialogue since I prefer to avoid using it. I am also obsessed with subtext and often have it all planned out and crafted so it can be read multiple ways ^^ I had considered doing a comic/graphic novel idea in fandom since it would tie in my storyboarding skill (I love storyboarding!) and allow me to tell a story visually but I definitely won't have the time for that until after I finish up college. My main experience with co-writing is being someone whom a writer can bounce ideas off of. Advice on plot mainly and structure (since that's my strength) but no actual writing. I think co-writing with the right partner can be fantastic though, definitely something I want to try in terms of animation.

[silentdescant]

This is super interesting to me, how it differs across media platforms like animation and film and books and everything. I sometimes see a story visually as I'm writing it, but that tends to lead me towards screenwriting rather than prose, but it's still nowhere near the amount of visuals you probably need for animation, or even for storyboarding or comics. Artists' processes are totally fascinating to me, because it can be so similar to writers' processes, but so different at the same time. And oh man, if you ever get around to a fandom graphic novel, I would soooooo be into that, hahahaha. So I'll hold out hope. :D