Episode 1: Screenwriting 101: A new approach to screenwriting 

"The world doesn't need more screenwriters, it needs better movies." Someone finally said it. 😮‍💨

At last, the teacher I've been searching for: No nonsense, tell it like it is, no sugar coating! Can't wait to watch more! Thank you!!!

"The Emotion manufacturing and distribution industry" 👏🤝👍

Film Courage sent me here! Thanks for the videos and thanks a LOT for the subtitles!

The difference between efficient and effective storytelling was what most impressed me. Not that I didn't know it, but your way of telling the story resonates with me and makes it all the more striking. My daughter says Paw Patrol rules :)

Former student here, so excited for this channel! Thank you for doing this.

Cogent, down to earth advice from someone who knows. Forget the form, it's the effect on the viewer that's important. Can't wait to see more!

Very cool that you're putting this material out there, Andy. I think it's gonna help a lot of writers.

Woah. Goldmine! Thank you for this public service Sir.

best. EVER. !! clear..NO bullshit...nothing to sell...just sharing a very humanistic approach to screenwriting....thank. YOU. SO much. a huge eye-opener !!!

Your approach in the first 24 seconds of this video speaks for itself. In less than 30 seconds you spoke with awareness on some of the questions so many of us have. I recognise a mentor.

Thanks for this. I'm a beginner at screenwriting, this has been very helpful. Great content.

These videos are AMAZING! I created a playlist with all 12 of them and I’ve listened to them several times already.

thank you for doing this. i needed someone to put my feet on the ground.

Very much appreciate this slow and one to one talking method. lucky to find this and subscribed to it.

Great content Andy, thank you. I'm a newbie, very much still learning but love your organic approach to structure that helps avoid formulaic writing. Cheers!

hi! i've been watching screenwriting and filmmaking videos on youtube for quite some time now-- and i am so excited to have found your channel! i can already tell you're going to be giving such valuable insights. thank you and I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH MORE!

Thank you! This is the kind of advice I’m always looking for!

This is amazing! I will be following your channel as I delve into the world of screenwriting and filmmaking. Just got back from helping to film a documentary and look forward to doing more narrative work.

Keep going; your channel is a gem.

These videos help tremendously. Hope to see more. Thanks.

I'm hooked. Love your style of laying out this content.

Thank you! Cheers Andy!!

Thank you sir for this valuable advice ❤

Thank you, Andy.

I love your clearity Sir!

Thank you so much, Andy, for putting this video. My channel is new, and I am looking for video tutorials. Your channel is a great resource. I have some ideas written down already, but it is lacking something. I watched your interview with Film Courage, which led me to your channel. You shed light on my questions. I appreciate what you do. Just subscribed to your channel. Thank you.

Brilliant!

I’ve been learning how to write screenplays for years, and people would often tell me oh, you should start by building perfect structures, or You should figure out what genre you are going to write, blah blah blah… yet none of them have ever emphasized the importance of emotions; or on what kind of experience I want to bring to the audience. And sadly those are what I lack the most in my current writing practice.

Whether is porn or poetry the point is to feel something Alright I’m sold

To write organically I must first master the language! A person who’s vocabulary is greater than another’s is far greater at expressing themselves, I guess that also applies here. Great introduction to the channel, very entertaining… you’re a great teacher.

​ thanks for your videos from Italy

I'm new to this and appreciate your channel!❤ New subscriber!

Thanks for adding subtitles As English is not my primary language I'm from india Very valuable information Thanks a ton

"The emotion manufacturing and distribution industry" This has succinctly articulated my vision for my career as a fantasy author

Terimakasih. Sangat bermanfaat dan tulus ikhlas. ❤

14:09 "Written fiction that works is an interest-grabbing set of language-based instructions arranged in an order that cues the reader to simulate an approximate cognitive model of a specific modal universe that changes in such a way across the course of the simulation that it entertains, instructs, or explores the nature of the human condition" - P.E. Rowe This is definition is mainly for book authors, but I think this applies here too

Thank you so much for taking the time to make these!

Great acting requires great writing.

How much do I owe you already, sir? F-Cheers!!!

I definitely need to get to the next level. Not there yet and will never pretend I am. Also what you say in this about the rule book guys and so-called gurus is what really messed me up. It took me awhile to learn that what they're saying is off. Finally I got to where as you said...this doesn't feel right. And it didn't. I threw out the books and just started writing. Letting the character's goals unfold is structure so to speak, not hitting certain number. I just wrote. Now am I where I want to be yet? No. But I feel I will be soon. Also not sure if you have seen the movie"1917" but something happens at the mid point that I didn't expect and the emotion that happens afterwards from that point is very emotional.

Do you provide any coverage services 🤔? Great stuff!

Thank you. By the way, I also see a lot of similarities between sex and storytelling, same three acts, pacing, beats, "show (act), not tell"... it's just as important to be able to get the catharsis right, you can't try to start with it right away. Unless it's hard to think of where the darkest hour might be :) Oh yes, and if everything went wrong, the "author" can say that the "audience" simply did not understand his brilliant idea, it was a tragedy from the beginning.... But I should note that the idea of rigid division of brain hemispheres by tasks has been obsolete for a very long time. It is a myth that is alive solely thanks to fiction and journalists. Just like the myth that the brain only works 10% of the time.

Do you wear that shirt to your AA meetings?

Good video! But I have to correct you on something. Most MCU characters DO NOT WEAR CAPES! 😂

Hi Andy, have you read (or at least heard of) the book “Wired for Story” by Lisa Cron? I feel like the thing was basically written for you haha, you might get a kick out of seeing your theories validated by actual modern neuroscience

Did you ever regret becoming a screenwriter or even indulging in the film industry

Hi, watching your video for the third time. Great, thank so much! So, I have a question. I have a story. Two main characters, "A" wants something, and "B" just the opposite. Both goals are equally strong. Both goals clash with the other. "A" is active in pursue of his goals, and "B" reacts trying to restore balance. How can I know who is the protagonist? Because B is the one going to go all the way, and get what he wants. Even tought for B, getting what he wants it´s to destroy his very essence, and turn somehow in someone very like A. Hope you understand what I am trying to say. Thank you, very much. Looking forward for you next chapter.

Your intro is a bit long, then when you enter the subject "create organically", I felt at home. I can't create a story using rules or brain. Except logic, but logic is quite automatic for me. I use mostly intuition.

Pithy. Thank you.

But new star wars movies and new disney and marvel movies make me feel emotion of anger that they think i am an idiot. Why they dont have succes than? They made me feel at the end of the day

Just don't be an insecure writer asking questions like: How do I make the audience care about my characters? How do I make my villains hateful? How do I make my relationships shippable? How do I inspire people? How do I write something people will like? Every audience member is different. There is not and never will be a one-size-fits-all universal solution for grabbing the audience by the heart. If you want them to care, stop caring about them. Have faith in your creative choices. Create for yourself first, then fix it later.

Yes I agree Movies really suck especially Disney

Even established writers are struggling. That’s why they have programs and videos.

I loved Star wars but its so childish now it is more like a western series from My childhood

12:19 very important