Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc

by Dara Marks

Overview

What is the secret to writing a great screenplay?
Whether you’re a beginning screenwriter or an A-list Academy Award winner, all writers struggle with the same thing: to get to the great script inside.
Step by step, Inside Story guides you through an extraordinary new process that helps identify your thematic intention—what your story is really about—and teaches you how to turn that intention into the driving force behind all your creative choices. The result is a profound relationship between the movement of the plot and the internal development of character, which is the foundation for the transformational arc. The transformational arc is the deeper line of structure found inside the story. Knowing how to work with the arc enhances your ability to:
• Express your unique point of view
• Give meaning and urgency to the line of action
• Infuse your characters with richness, subtlety, and surprise
• Develop a powerful emotional undercurrent
• Make your stories stand out and get attention
Inside Story delivers what the name implies: it’s the real inside scoop on how to write a great screenplay with depth, dimension, and substance. It is a must-have book for any serious screenwriter, playwright, or novelist.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940153998008
Publisher:	Dara Marks
Publication date:	02/07/2017
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	552,018
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dara Marks, Ph.D., is a writer and leading international script consultant who has devoted the last thirty years to the development of a groundbreaking approach to the theory of the transformational arc and screenplay structure. Her unique method of story analysis has earned her top ratings by Creative Screenwriting Magazine as the “best” consultant in the business. She has worked with most major Hollywood studios and many independent filmmakers and has a doctorate degree in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dara is a highly sought-after speaker whose work is committed to the idea that a culture speaks through its stories. She offers workshops, seminars, and script development services. Dara and her husband live in Ojai, California, near their son, daughter-in-law and a beautiful, new grandchild. Dara Marks can be reached through her website at: www.daramarks.com