{"id":13092,"date":"2008-08-13T07:21:32","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T13:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=477"},"modified":"2008-08-13T07:21:32","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T13:21:32","slug":"making-it-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/making-it-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"#WritingAdviceWednesday &#8211; Making It Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-478 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;margin: 5px;\" title=\"writers_block ETB Screenwriting\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/writers_block-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"writers_block ETB Screenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-478\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"writers_block ETB Screenwriting\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/writers_block-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"writers_block ETB Screenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript>I was talking to a friend in London on phone today about storytelling and how to liberate one&#8217;s self and others to tell their own stories.\u00a0 How do you unblock yourself?<\/p>\n<p>A quick writing exercise is the best way I&#8217;ve found to quit obsessing and start writing.\u00a0 Here are some examples.<\/p>\n<p>Set a timer for fifteen minutes and choose one of the following:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Write about something or someone you left behind.\u00a0 Then do the same for your character.\u00a0 Who or what has your character left behind?\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Write about an unexpected moment of kindness.\u00a0 Then do the same for your character.\u00a0 What small bit of consideration or compassion suddenly upended your character&#8217;s expectations?<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Write about something you have in excess.\u00a0 Then do the same for your character.\u00a0 What does your character have too much of?\u00a0 What happens as a result?<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 Write about the exact moment you knew you loved someone.\u00a0 Then do the same for your character.\u00a0 What was the specific moment, time, place, observation or activity that said &#8220;this is the one&#8221;?\u00a0 What did the character do as a result?<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 Write about a hole in your life.\u00a0 Then do the same for your character.\u00a0 What is missing in your character?\u00a0 What feels like a big empty space in your character&#8217;s life or self?<\/p>\n<p>These small explorations sometimes are just enough to break open a new area in yourself or in your character.\u00a0 I think of them as priming the creative pump.\u00a0\u00a0 When you are blocked or stymied the best thing to do is write something&#8211; write anything.\u00a0 The simple act of writing will get your creative juices flowing again.<\/p>\n<p>My eBook<strong> The One Hour Screenwriter<\/strong> provides lots more exercises and ideas to keep you writing until your screenplay is done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#WritingAdviceWednesday &#8211; Quit obsessing and start writing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,78],"tags":[27,28,30,32,33,538,37,39,40,41,70,539,540,71],"class_list":["post-13092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-advice-wednesday","category-writing-tips-tricks-advice-help-script-screenplay-screenwriting-blog","tag-emotional-toolbox","tag-etb","tag-film","tag-laurie-hutzler","tag-movies","tag-one-hour-screenwriter","tag-screenwriting","tag-scripts","tag-scriptwriting","tag-tv","tag-writing-advice","tag-writing-exercise","tag-writing-exercises","tag-writing-tips"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",960,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-768x576.jpg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",960,720,false],"ttshowcase_normal":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",125,94,false],"ttshowcase_small":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",75,56,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",960,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",960,720,false],"Image Size 500x500":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",500,375,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-300x400.jpg",300,400,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-600x450.jpg",600,450,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Laurie Hutzler","author_link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"#WritingAdviceWednesday - Quit obsessing and start writing.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}