Seminar - Day 2

Markus and I exchanged a friendly and superficial insight into each other as we waited for other participants to join us. The two young college going girls apparently felt the subject rather hard and not to their level and so left the seminar. Markus spoke of a rough time table which he followed which he said helped him to focus on writing and taking his second novel forward. I told him that I lacked the discipline to follow a regimen, but I have been toying with the idea of planning my day and stick to it.
We discussed the first session's assignments, what each person wrote, which Markus had studied carefully and commented, and then went over it again patiently. We then continued with the second part of the movie The Lion King. Oh, before that we talked a great deal about Syg Field's video on screenplay. Markus pointed out how the movie was structured according to the classical story-telling model and used plot devices such as -
Characterization
Emotional colorwheel
Turn in the story, change in the character
Rising intensity of conflict
Four types -
Inner conflict
Conflict with another
Conflict with the world at large
Conflict on a spiritual level
The Lion King used these devices to a powerful effect, Markus says, even in a story written for the children. Then he gave us assignment for home work, which included presenting a 3-page storyline for discussion. The session ended in smiles and eager expectations.

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