1st Hand Reports: Lindsay Doran on “The Psychology of Story-Telling” - Film Crush Collective at 2014-02-27 18:12:28:

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First Hand Reports: Lindsay Doran on “The Psychology of Story-Telling” | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? at 2014-03-06 18:18:21:

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First Hand Reports: Lindsay Doran on “The Psychology of Story-Telling” - Film Crush Collective at 2014-03-06 18:19:41:

[…] Lindsay made a presentation at the WGA Theater in Beverly Hills two weeks ago. It was a terrific event with a packed house. Seven of those in attendance won free tickets via a contest we ran here on the blog. Some of those folks were kind enough to send reflections on their experience at the event which I have aggregated …read more […]

Lindsay Doran (And Others) On “The Psychology Of Storytelling” « Movie City News at 2014-03-06 20:11:48:

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JewelDole at 2014-03-07 13:49:30:

Um, I thought we weren't supposed to publish detailed reviews of Lindsay's presentation?

Scott at 2014-03-07 14:33:35:

Ran everything by Lindsay and she generously gave her approval.

N D at 2014-03-07 14:52:10:

Thanks Scott. It's awesome to see Lindsay's responses to our thoughts. It looks like her point is that the aim of her talk is not to provide a "how to" guide to storytelling, but to highlight some trends in successful movies for us to keep in mind when working on our scripts.

Scott at 2014-03-07 15:15:49:

The whole "how to write a script" mentality has spawned a cottage industry among so-called screenwriting 'gurus'. Although some may succeed following that path, for most it's a slippery slope toward formulaic writing. Rather than asking "How," I recommend asking the other types of questions when crafting a story: Who, What, When, and especially Why. In fact, that sounds like the makings of a good blog post...