Screenwriting from the Inside Out: Think and Write like a Creative

Preface
	This Is That Book
Contents
About the Author
Chapter 1: Introduction
	On the Journey to Create
	What Do to with Those Ideas?
	So How is This Book Different?
	As You May Think
	References
Chapter 2: Screenwriting and Creativity: From the Inside Out
	So, You Want to Write a Screenplay?
	The Nuts and Bolts of Screenwriting
	Screenwriting and Creativity: Secrets and Lies
	Creativity is out There!
	Creativity is in Here
	The C’s of Creativity
	Working Out Your Creative Process
	The Creative Process
	What If?
	References
Chapter 3: How do Creatives Think?
	Where Do Ideas Come From?
	Getting an Idea
	As We May Think
	Getting New Ideas
	Getting It Together
	Retrofitting: Practice into Theory
	Where To from Here?
	What If?
	References
Chapter 4: Your Creative Personal Identity: And What to Do About It
	Only You: Your Artistic Identity
	The Big 5: The Huge 2—What the Hell Are They Talking About?
	Understanding Your Creative Personal Identity
	Why Create? The Blinding Power of Intrinsic Motivation
	The Power of Emotion and Motivation
	Tapping into Emotion
	What If?
	References
Chapter 5: Finding the Lightbulb Moment: Inspiration and Envisioning
	Finding Inspiration
	The Creativity Maze
	A Room of One’s Own
	Ritual and Reward
	Daydreaming, Dreaming, and Doing Automatic Tasks
	Creativity and the Unconscious
	Which Fish to Catch?
	As We May think … To a Point
	Right Brain Go/Left Brain Stop: Intuitive Thinking
	Memory: Our Creative Well
	Taking a Moment
	What If?
	References
Chapter 6: Catching the Big Fish: Research and Insight
	On the Road to Find Out
	What is Research?
	Learning from the Masters
	Doing the Hard Yards
	Turning the Pages of Research
		Fishing for those Deep Fish: Idea Generation and Idea Evaluation
	Imagination and Imagining
		Eureka—I’ve got it! (And Before That)
	Insight: The Dramatic Center and Truth
	Finding the Lightbulb Moment
	What If?
	References
Chapter 7: Writing and Flow. Just do it!
	Putting Words on the Page
	Finding Flow
	Being in the Zone
	Staying in the Zone
	To Structure or Not to Structure: That Is the Question
	Headlights and Stop Lights
	Grit and More Grit
	Dealing with Roadblocks
	A Little Quiet Please: The Place of Meditation and Mindfulness
	Being More Mindful
	What If?
	References
Chapter 8: It Could be More: Sharing and Shaping
	It Could Be More!
	Putting It Out There
	What Are We Looking For?
	Feedback. Good or Bad?
	It Could Be Still More
	Checking in on Metaphor and Meaning
	Testing the Emotional Rollercoaster
	Dealing the Cards of the Table Read
	What If?
	References
Chapter 9: A Creative Thinking and Writing Tool. The Creativity Metacognitive Framework
	Creative Metacognition
	Thinking and Writing Like a Creative
	What If?
	References
Chapter 10: Living a Creative Life. Be Bold!
	Living a Creative Life
	Breaking the Rules
	Be Bold!
	References
Index