Thursday, August 19, 2021

Writing advice from South Park


Writing Advice from Matt Stone & Trey Parker @ NYU

https://youtu.be/vGUNqq3jVLg

Link actions (beats) with 'therefore' or 'but', rather than '...and then...'

Essentially, the idea suggests storytelling progression is about causality and conflict.

Five tones of writing from Jack Grapes:

1. Conversational

2. Deep - poetic, profound and frilly

3. Rhetoric repetition

4. Abstract, evocative imagery

5. One's own voice

https://youtu.be/Vpd9DJLz7hA