{"id":7803,"date":"2017-09-06T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=7803"},"modified":"2021-07-30T22:51:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T22:51:25","slug":"make-your-script-relatable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/make-your-script-relatable\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar and Relatability"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Writing Advice Wednesday<\/h3>\n<p>If anyone knows how to make a story relatable, it&#8217;s the masterminds at Pixar Animation Studios. KaptainKristian&#8217;s wonderful video essay explains his take on their methods.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t agree that <strong>Cars, Brave, or Frozen<\/strong> rises to the Pixar stellar quality level \u00a0 My essay on Brave: \u00a0<strong>How Good is Good Enough<\/strong> is <a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/brave-from-pixar-how-good-is-good-enough\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0My essay on Frozen is <a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/disneys-frozen\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0My opinions are controversial and in the distinct minority. \u00a0Remember, it is possible to love something that is deeply flawed and sub-par. \u00a0Don&#8217;t confuse loving something as a fan with the clarity of thinking needed to be a\u00a0professional. But lots in this video essay ring absolutely true.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pixar - What Makes a Story Relatable\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xTM-AdrIpaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re on Pinterest, why not follow<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/etbscreenwriting\/writing-advice-wednesday\/\">my Pinterest board full of Writing Advice<\/a><\/strong>? It will be updated weekly, so you can keep track if you ever need an excellent video essay suggested solutions to whatever problems you are facing. You can always drop me a line at etbscreenwriting@gmail.com\u00a0with the subject <strong>\u201cAsk Laurie\u201d<\/strong> and I will do my best to answer it. I might even include it in an upcoming edition of Writing Advice Wednesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#WritingAdviceWednesday &#8211; Why must this story be told?  Why is it meaningful?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,108],"tags":[25,26,27,28,30,31,32,33,34,507,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,104,107,42,70,71],"class_list":["post-7803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-clips-television-movies-series","category-writing-advice-wednesday","tag-character","tag-characters","tag-emotional-toolbox","tag-etb","tag-film","tag-films","tag-laurie-hutzler","tag-movies","tag-nine-character-types","tag-pixar","tag-screenplay","tag-screenplays","tag-screenwriting","tag-script","tag-scripts","tag-scriptwriting","tag-tv","tag-video","tag-videos","tag-writing","tag-writing-advice","tag-writing-tips"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722.jpg",971,561,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722-300x173.jpg",300,173,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722-768x444.jpg",768,444,true],"large":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722.jpg",971,561,false],"ttshowcase_normal":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722.jpg",125,72,false],"ttshowcase_small":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722.jpg",75,43,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722.jpg",971,561,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722.jpg",971,561,false],"Image Size 500x500":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722.jpg",500,289,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722-300x400.jpg",300,400,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722.jpg",600,347,false],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CH04_luxo_1.select16.14722-100x100.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 - Why must this story be told? 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