Screenwriting with Ross Hartmann, Writer and Creative Director of Kiingo - a podcast by Ezra Justin Lee

from 2020-10-12T15:00

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  • ORIGIN STORY: How Ross got into storytelling, screenwriting, etc. (3:50)
  • Combining TECH AND STORYTELLING: How writers can use tech to enable better writing or overcoming writer’s block (5:35)
  • How to make a story interesting (drama) and meaningful (theme)? (12:30)
  • What makes a great story? (13:50)
  • Using “dramatic questions” — or questions that make the audience want to know what the answer is— to retain audience interest and to push forward a story (18:30)
  • Importance of theme (24:00)
  • Is exploration of moral questions necessary for a great story? (31:20)
  • What is your process of getting your ideas to paper — how you actually start writing the script itself?(43:10)
  • Snowflake method of writing (46:00)
  • Ross, what is the meaning of life?! (51:30)

Preorder Ross's upcoming book "The Structure of Story" here: https://kiingo.co/preorder

More about Kiingo here: https://kiingo.com/

Connect with Kiingo on Instagram  here: instagram.com/kiingocreative/

Connect with Ross on Instagram: instagram.com/ross_hartmann

 

 

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