Great editing.
Amazing curation.
We don’t see everything (bathroom breaks and such), nor do we have to unless
it’s germane to the story. Comes off as fast and furious in reality shows, bur
doesn’t necessarily need to. It just needs to be there in some strong
structural form.
Repeated takes
until it works. I
realized this just yesterday when I was watching Hell’s Kitchen and they showed
Gordon saying the same thing twice in different ways. Obviously they had done
more than one take. Similarly, you will do way more than one take as you
produce your work, whether it’s a short story, poem, novel-length work, or
whatever.
You’re the
director.
It’s your job to orchestrate narrative structure as well as blocking and
choreography so that we understand what’s going on here. Let your directorial
muscle lapse and you’ll see it in sloppy writing.
Memorable
personalities. You
don’t go on a reality show if you’re bland. Likewise, bland characters are boring.
Tension. These people want
things. They’re willing to go to great lengths to get them. How does this
affect the interpersonal and community dynamic? The more tension the better!
Location has a
purpose. These
people are put there for a reason. That reason plays into who they are and what they are willing to do
to get what they want.
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