Writing For Emotional Impact - Karl Iglesias [FULL INTERVIEW] 

I was as engaged with the questions as I was the answers. Not the first time I've felt that way with her. Excellent interviewer. Really really on point.

agree wholeheartedly!

Well said kudos to her🙌👏

BOOM. “The reason all these writers seem so interesting is because she is very good at her job”

She's great! Does she appear in some film courage video?

I’ve dedicated my life to traveling all over the world, my deepest passion. If I had to wait for somebody else I would’ve never gone anywhere.

I was thinking the same thing. I didn’t know people looked down upon me because I went out alone. I truly don’t care.

We would all get along really well!

It always surprises us when someone says they take notes and at the same time we love to hear that you are actively engaged. One of our New Year's goals is to transcribe as many of our videos as we can. It will take a while before we have a full interview like this fully transcribed. Keep an eye out on our website, most of our shorter videos have been transcribed so far this year.

This is good for translation too. facilitates to people to translate to another language if they want ^^

me too!!!

I began watching this in a passive manner then suddenly found myself also taking notes. Great teacher. Great interview. I'd also love to see other interviews with him. He's amazing. Thank you so much for this - not only informative but also enlightening and inspiring.....and truthful.

Literally?

Lisa Crohn has a couple of good books, one called Wired For Story, that delves more into modern neurology findings and what they mean for novelists (could apply to screenplays)

Yeah, who cares what somebody else thinks. I eat out by myself frequently.

Mostly truisms in this interview.

Curious to know, since it can contribute: may I ask, what did you have a divergent perspective on?

Nice to hear! Hope you enjoy the book... and get a chance to enjoy the rest of this interview : )

This book totally ruined my social life for a few weeks! I could not put it down and get out of the house! Totally recommend it!

@2 Black 2 Strong ...

It's also because he's a expert writer.

Is this yours? Like that. So true

@@titiwa5768 I know I heard it somewhere. But I can't remember where

James Mason Kinda... it grossed 58 million when it came out and about 80 million after when it had its renaissance

MrShanester117 But what was the profit? How much did it cost to make and how much did it cost to market it? What was the ROI? How does it’s ROI compare to other “successes”?

That's cause he clearly knows very well what he's talking about. He left one gap in the first part when saying that in order to experience the lesson the writer wants you to, you have to watch a character experience it, and 5 mins later he perfected it by saying that only if you connect to the character that becomes possible.

I agree - I'm a big horror fan, but the Indie movies are all formula and "pablum" - no substance and predictable and when there's a plot twist, it's refreshing.

Thanks for watching!

@Justincase008 I always felt like Finding Dory was Andrew Stantons way of apologizing to Disney, for John Carter’s box office performance. Wall-E is a very personal movie, for me. While watching Dory, at some point, I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that this was an Andrew Stanton movie. It lacked the oomph of his past work. Never would have imagined I would be even MORE disappointed, years later, when I turned Soul off, after watching thirty and change. Pete Doctor is my favorite Pixar director. Something about his style. I saw Up ten times in the theater. I still play the soundtrack. Inside Out left me crying like a baby, while I sat in the theater. It came out at the right time. I was leaving my childhood home. Even good memories are sad memories, we’ll never get them back. I has heartbroken. I miss that Pixar...A LOT. I’m not going to bother with Luca. Not even the trailers interest me.

Thanks Jack. There are so many fantastic channels here on RU-vid. We are humbled by your comment. We appreciate your support. Keep creating.

@@filmcourage No problem. You all interview people of substance, I love it.

PLOT twist: he kills aspiring writers and takes their stories. BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

To elaborate, Karl is beyond wonderful in this interview, after hearing many different others talks about the craft, when some information are more than simple advice, they are "truth". Comparing the set of information to other interviewees, you know Karl truly sees the craft in its full authenticity. Karl understands the correlation between stories, more importantly, he understands the potential emphatic value of stories. That statement is a subjective one, allow me to defend, and perhaps add a bit extra information. (When I use the term writer, below, I mean storyteller, writer may be the profession, good storytelling is the why) There is respect for anyone whom have dwell into their craft after a certain measure, whether that measure be years time spent, the so called "10,000 hours", or Grammy accolades, at some point, a person have earned the title of a "writer". To themselves, to others, it is different from one to the next. It is a relative view, and no easy measure that one can take to decide. No one can say whether someone else is a writer or not, nor should they. For if you are denying someone else the title of writer, you are no longer just a writer, you are doing something else. A writer writes, that is all. Everything beyond that is beyond the "reason" for writing. Now that last paragraph explaining an opinionated view of respect perspective is finally done with, I can get to my point finally. Will try to explain in words, if you guys heard many talks, many workshops, many discussions, you guys know "the feeling" then, when you hear information that changes the craft for yourself, allowing you to look at the craft through a "new different window", a new perspective. These are rare moments, in the numerous sea of information regarding what "good storytelling/writing" is, this type of information that you keep for life is rare. You treasure them, for you only experience that "new truth" once, and keep it forever. This is not the first time listening to this particular interview with Karl. This interview was one of my earlier findings among the sea of information on my everlasting journey to becoming "a writer". Tears are wanting to fall, as so many others talk about the craft in such superficiality. It is a good and bad. There is respect for all, even the "superficial" type of advisers. Karl is true master of the craft though, meaning there is an understanding of what a story is, what it is cannot be put into word so easily, and to think any correlation or formula would unlock the true height, the true nature of the craft is the bliss of the blinds. To me, one way to look at it is to separate all stories into two types. The former, the type of story that is to be remembered, to be timeless, not because it was heavily designed to be good, not because fifty drafts went into it, not because we wanted to remember, this type of story is just "that good, that memorable", the human nature inherently knows this type. Whether we are expert writers or less experience, we can differentiate this former type to the other type........ the type we forget. Not because they were not good, not because they were not written masterfully, not because we didn't want to, they were not remembered, because they were not remembered. Before writing was commercialize, before writing symbols on papyrus was known, stories was how we communicated. Story is communication. In extension, it was the only way to pass information from one generation to the next, through oral stories. When Karl say we are "hard-wire" for stories, this is partly why, our very survival as individuals and small groups once depended on it. This information is both hollowing and uplifting simultaneously regarding the craft. Nowadays, when we don't have to worry about wolves hunting us in the night, stories have became another way to experience. We are not selfish because we only wants to experience the "best stories", we only have so much time, and with the abundant of stories being written these days, we are given the luxury of choices. Although "masterpieces" are still written frequently, in my own opinion, we have so much more writers today, and the same rate of masterpieces being written in this current time frame compared to golden ages, before radio, before television, the language of story was more "extravagant". That is my view of stories. Any other objectionable "truth" claimed from formula, are merely formulas. Formulas, although useful, are rarely the vital ingredient for a "timeless story", formula merely signify the correlation. Any master writer knows this well, they do not desire any "formula", they desire the soul itself from the story. I am so tired of hearing about formula, or any "advice" that you know to be somewhat kind of true, but not really. For if writing masterpieces were that easy as knowing a few tools and formulas, if all you needed was to attend myriad of workshops, graduate with a literature degree, a lot more writers would be masterclass. Yet, only so few ever reach true mastery. I think of tools and formulas as being utensils most masters have and utilize, but that is all they are. Mastery does not come from tools and formulas, mastery is mastery. It can not easily be explained, it can however be easily recognize. Mr. Karl. A true master. Only so few. Others like Truby, I watched and cringed nearly every 10 seconds. I made it through the 2 hours 30 min though, two separate interview from Truby since experiencing every notes, I can pick out the notes I would like to keep. Much respect for Truby, he seems prominent in the field. Just not my cup of tea.

Nobody knows that Hollywood, but also mass media, is developed by psychiatrists. That's why those guys are payed so much. What this guy is teaching, is stuff That his colleagues don't want u to know, for competition reasons

...and practice.

Thank you for taking time to share such great information and insight with us. I have always known my purpose in life is writing, but have gravitated to earn a living instead. As I listened to .you I wished I heard some of this years ago. My dream is to watch my movie on screen one day. I am working on it Thank you again.

You are more than welcome... and maybe Mr. Iglesias will come across your comment.

Film Courage Yes, I would love to speak with him in person!☺

We're glad to hear it, cheers!

Thanks! Love being able to share this one.