Writing can be a challenge for many reasons—often it feels like a puzzle you're trying to put together, but you don't have all the pieces when you start, or the pieces change on you as you go. And figuring out where the last few fit to create a full picture can be the biggest obstacle of all. How you end your screenplay can color everything else. Miss the mark, and it sours the rest. I'm a little bitter because I just read a novella where everything went wrong in the final chapters (it jumped the shark, it killed off and brought back characters within a few consecutive pages, it had a time jump, it was a mess). An ending needs to address a story's key questions and bring each character to a form of resolution. With this in mind and understanding how difficult endings are, I went in search of some commentary on the topic and found Tucker Berke's video in which he identifies a few things writers should set up and pay off for a satisfying ending. Check it out, then look into the takeaways. - YouTube www.youtube.com What to Set UpThroughout your screenplay, you're essentially creating tension points that need resolution. Berke likens these to knots on a rope. The tension points emerge from conflicts, unanswered questions, and character decisions that keep audiences invested in what happens next.Your ending will depend on what comes before. You want the start and end to echo each other narratively or thematically...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 19 November