
The GoFaSt Guide To Screenwriting
The Goals, Failures, and Stakes Model of Narrative Storytelling
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The GoFaSt Guide To Screenwriting
The Goals, Failures, and Stakes Model of Narrative Storytelling
About this book
Creator of the GoFaSt Model, author Greg Takoudes introduces a comprehensive study of the structural models of screenwriting and provides readers with an adaptive framework for writing successful scripts.
With a new approach which reframes discussions and offers alternatives to students and writers who find conventional models creatively constricting, Takoudes draws from both teaching and professional experience to provide a new model of screenwriting that is designed to be adaptive to various types of scripts. The book is structured in three parts. First, it introduces the GoFast Model – allowing for less orthodox writers to keep their unique voices by breaking scripts down into smaller parts and encouraging more flexibility to write in an organized way, without feeling stifled. Second, the book explores several writing scenarios – featuring the practical uses of the model and a step-by-step script structure spanning chapters on a horror, superhero, and heist movie. Third, it concludes with detailed case studies exploring how the GoFaSt Model can be applied to break down scripts including Get Out, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
It is an ideal text for screenwriting students and aspiring screenwriters interested in learning how working writers put structural models into practice, as well professional screenwriters, producers, and development executives looking for new ways to think about writing, feedback, and development.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 An Introduction
- 2 Goals
- 3 Failures
- 4 Stakes
- 5 GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Horror Movie
- 6 GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Superhero Movie
- 7 GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Heist Movie
- 8 GoFaSt Case Study: There Will Be Blood
- 9 GoFaSt Case Study: Get Out
- 10 GoFaSt Case Study: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- 11 GoFaSt Case Study: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- 12 Conclusion
- Index