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Report Tuesday Morning 29/01 - Day 8

(Tuesday, Januari 29^th 2008)

After the little party yesterday it wasn’t easy to get up today. But there was a very good reason to get yourself together: the Masterclass Scenario by Paul Ruven.

It really felt like going to school this time. Teacher Paul had a whiteboard to make notes and draw the way a story is build. A couple of years ago he noticed he was missing something in his work as a scriptwriter, so he went to Hollywood to find out the secret behind a successful script. The magic touch that makes the difference between a good and a bad screenplay.

In Hollywood he noticed that all the successful writers closed ranks, because they didn’t want to support the competition. It’s a tough world out there. But after a long time he got enough information to put the script mystery together.

To write a successful screenplay you have to follow a certain formula. With the energy of a raging bull he explained the audience how to build their story and the scheme you must follow. That you've got to have a vision. Because when you know that, you can quite easily fill in the rest. If you follow the guideline.

Paul was unstoppable. He kept on explaining by examples of movies and he had an answer to every question asked. After two and a half hours, time really ran out. Too bad this could go on all day.