Woman in the Story Writing Memorable Female Characters

Name: Woman in the Story Writing Memorable Female Characters
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ISBN: 9781932907797

ISBN-10: 1932907793

ISBN-13: 9781932907797

Edition: 2010

Authors: Helen Jacey, Linda Seger

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Creating a memorable female character with huge audience appeal is not just a matter of choosing a heroine over a hero. By creating a heroine, the screenwriter has to consider all kinds of differences, from character development to gender issues in the development process. Venturing where other screenwriting guides fear to tread, The Woman in the Story provides screenwriters and storytellers with a groundbreaking creative paradigm for the creation of memorable female characters. Written by a professional screenwriter for screenwriters, this is a long-overdue "how to" with a difference, casting a refreshingly honest and empowering woman-centric light on every stage of the writing process.…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Publication date: 9/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 225
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Introduction



The Power of the Heroine


Why Choose a Heroine?


Masculinity and Male Heroes


The Feminine Superthemes



Familiar Femininity



Feel Good Femininity



Fighting Femininity



Future Femininity


Exercise: Screenwriter's Self-Assessment Questionnaire



The Memorability Factor


Character versus Story


Choosing a Character


Exercise: Finding Your Heroine


The Memorability Factor


A Memorable Story


Exercise: Your Heroine's M-Factor



Going Against Type


Acceptable Clichï¿½s and Stereotypes


How to Use Role Choices


The Role Choice of Heroine


The Role Choice of Nurturer


The Role Choice of Dependant


The Role Choice of Believer


The Role Choice of Caryatid


Exercise: Your Heroine's Role Choice Questionnaire



Making It Personal


Finding the Story


Heroine Story Types


Path to Wholeness


Tests of Love


Group Endeavor


Quest


Survival


Wandering Woman


Rites of Passage


The Talent


Theme


The Metaphoric Wound


Exercise: Your Heroine's Gifts and Wounds Questionnaire



A Phase She's Going Through


The Phases and Theme


Phases and Structure


The Identity Phases


The Relating Phases


The Momentum Phases


Exercise: Phases in a Complex-Linear Film



Women in Trouble


Cultural Conflict


The Layers of Conflict


Psychodynamics and Conflict


Exercise: Your Heroine's Conflict Questionnaire



Feeling Good and Finding Love


The Importance of Union


Cultural Union


Men and Union


Union and Your Heroine's Story


The Layers of Union


The Steps to Love


Exercise: Your Heroine's Union Questionnaire



Genres for Heroines' Stories


Genre and Your Story


The Primal Argument


Genre Bending: Evolutions in Genres


Drama


Romance and the Dramance


Romantic and Dramantic Comedy


Comedy


Thriller


Supernatural Thriller


Biopic


Musical


Science Fiction


Unpopular Genres for Heroines


Exercise: Genre Conventions



Unsung Heroines


Forgettable Heroines


Heroine Softening


The Development Process


Managing Your Career


Future Heroines


Exercise: Screenwriter's Story Questinnaire



A Heroine in Action: An Analysis of Juno


Juno's Supertheme


Juno's M-Factor


Role Choices


Story Type, Theme, and the Metaphoric Wound of Juno


Phases


Layers of Conflict


Layers of Union


Filmography


Film


Television


About the Author