Being an Author
1. Author's Note
Proposed timeline
Week1- Brainstorming rpoject ideas
Week2- Pitch
Week3- Authoir's note #1 (Character, setting, plot)
Week4- Author's note #2 (Episode1)
Week 5- Author's note #3 (Episode2)
Week6- Video
Week7- Author's note #4 (Episode3)
Week8-Author's note #5 (Episode4)
Week9-Author's note #6 (Episode5)
Week10-Video or live(3rd quarter presetation: 4-8mins, what I have done so far, plan for the 4th quarter, etc)
Week11-Author's note #7 (Episode6)
Week12- Author's note #8 (Episode7)
Week13-Author's note #9 (Episode 8)
Week14-Video
Week15-Author's note #10 (Episode9)
Week16-Author's note #11 (Episode10)
Week17-Author's note #12 (Episode11)
Week18- Final talk
Goal
Write a drama treatment of 11 episodes.
And get average 4.5 stars out of 5 stars rating.
※ Evaluation Criteria
-The story fits the intended genre
-The castng is appropriate
-The story is interesting
-The story is reasonable
-The characters are interesting
Resources
1. Advice from a professional game scenario writer.
2. Stephen King's book "Story"
3. Several websites.
4. Advice from 9th grade friends
Progress
I wrote synopsis, characters, and setting. And decide actors of each characters.
Discoveries
I learned that after we decided specific actors for each characters, it was easy to imagine the scene that actor's acts.
DIfficulties
Most of things were hard. Brainstroming the story was the hardest. For example, at first, I wrote a story, but the story didn't match the genre I intended, so I had to change it into the another story that now I'm writng.
Deciding characters while making a story was hard and also finding most suitable actors of each character was not easy.
2. Author's note #Episode1
Progress
I worte first episode of my drama.
Discoveries
I leaarned that writing script is so hard, so I got some help from a prefessional scenaroir writer. I wrote script in Korean and then change it to English. I was very hrad and complex. I also learned that writng script i shard, but very fun. Because I keep imagine the scenes.
Difficulties
As I said on discovery part, writing script was so hard, so I got some help and ideas from my totor and professional scenario writer.
Other than that, it's not a sript actually it's author's note, so wrote some idea that how the scene will be. And it was very hard. For example, on scene1 I wanted to start with screen with typing words, so I wrote that.
3. VLOG
Progress
I made a video about summary of characters and episode1.
Discoveries
II didn't know how to make a video, so I did with very complex and hard way. And I learned how to make video, so for next video, I think I can make easier than my first vlog.
Difficulties
Making the video was very hard, because I forgot how to make a video, but as I said on discovery part, I learned how to make it, so nexy time, it will be easier to make, I think. And asctually I made the video with the things I did before, so other than making, it was okay.
3. Author's note
4. Author's note
#Episode2
Progress
I wrote second episode of my drama.
Discoveries
I think making the story with mysterious and interesting events is hardest. My drama topic(?) is mystery, so I need to make some mysterious things. I learned that hardest work for author is makes events that are interesting and connected to topic.
Difficulties
As I said on discovery part, connects the events and flow of story are hard and also making some suitable and interesting events to topic is difficulty.
5. Author's note
#Episode3
Progress
I wrote third episode of my drama.
Discoveries
It's third time on writing the story, so I think now it's not very hard to write the story. I discovered that keep on writing hard is good to improve my writing skills. Actually I knew it , but made me to feel dirrectly.
Difficulties
Writing the script in English is still hard. Except this it's not very hard.
6. Author's note
#Episode4
Progress
I worte fourth episode of my drama.
Discoveries
And it's not a script, it's author's note, so I have to wirte some of camera angle or how I'm thinking about the screen, it's very interesting. I keep tries to think what I usually saw in the screen , drama or movie.
Difficulties
It's not a script, it's author's note, so I have to wirte some of camera angle or how I'm thinking about the screen, it's very interesting. I keep tries to think what I usually saw in the screen , drama or movie.
7. Author's note
#Episode5
Progress
I worte fifth episode of my drama.
Reflection
My discovery from writng the episode 5 is that I notice I'm also in curious mind and interest about next story while I'm writng the story. I also want to know what the next story will be. I learned that authors can be an author and viewer while he or she is an author of that story. Now my story is getting into the climax. Actulaly climax wilbe when the webtoon author and Joo Hyuk meet together. It was very intesresting and keep feel that writing the story is very fun thing. But also I think real author have alot of pressure and stress while wriitng. I also have some of it, because some people are watching it. But the real author's story is that really many people are watching. I think author is not a easy and not just interesting job.
I think while writing the episode 5, there was no difficulties. It's getting climax, so it was little easy and ideas were just come out easily.
8. Author's note
#Episode6
Progress
I worte sixth episode of my drama.
Reflection
As I said, it’s getting into climax, it’s very fun and interesting. Writing episode 6 was very easy. I think that going to climax part is most hard and most easy part on writing. It seems little strange, but it’s really very hard and very easy. The difficult one is that it’s going to climax, so it have to go well and not awkward, flow of this part is very important. And easy one is just, I have a lot of ideas of author is starting to appear in the story. Actually writing the episode 1, 2, and 3 are hardest I think. Because usually in episode 1 and 2, many informations are come out, like characters, characters’ characteristics, theme, etc. I always felt this when I write the story, but I think author is not easy job, it’s very hard job. It’s fun, but very stressful too. It’s for my 20% project, so not many people is watching it, but many people watch the real author’s story and they evaluate. When I chose this project, I really wanted to learn what author’s work like and life like. And if it’s really fun and if I think it’s really fit to me. I would like to be a real author, but now my mind change. I don’t want to be an author. But this project is still very fun and it’s very helpful to me. From this project I learned a lot of things and I think my writing skills are getting better!
9. Author's note
#Episode7
Progress
I wrote the episode7 of my drama.
Reflection
Actually writing the episode 7 was very hard to me. I spent for 3 hours for writing. Also many times I got help from my tutor, but this time, I did translation just by myself. IT was very hard and stressful, but I feel proud of myself after writing everything. I feel this very time, but when I write the script, I have to think audience’s stance. I think it’s most hard thing. My story is almost on climax and only 3 left. The most thing that I notice and learned is as I writes my story translation, I want and I think my English is getting better.
10.VLOG
11. Author's note
#Episode8
Progress
I wrote the episode8 of my drama.
Reflection
Writing the start of episode 8 was very difficut. Because I ended with Sae Rom opened the box that author sent on episode7. I should write it to interestingly and not absurd. From last episode, deciding the thing or episode is little hard, so I think my story is getting strange. In his chapter, I cannot find the answer, so I just ended quickly. So from this writing I learned more hardship of author’s work. But translating Korean to English is getting not very hard as before, I think. Actually one episode left. I want my story to end very interestingly and not boring or very absurd. I want to finish my author’s note very clearly.
8. Author's note
#Episode9
Progress
I worte ninth episode of my drama.
Reflection
This episode is last episode of my first story. I think this ending seems not very good and very absurd. But I'm so happy that I finish my story clearly. Writing the last episode was hardest ine I think. Because ending is very important for every drama, movie or book. At first, I planned not to kill Joo Hyuk, but ends with continuing mystery. But as I said, if Joo Hyuk doesn't die and become happy ending, but then it's so not fun and very vain. I'm not sure for every authors, but I think most author changes some things or story with their first plan. And I think they would invest alot of money and time for last episode and last scene of last episode.
8. Author's note
#Episode10
Progress
I worte last episode of my drama.
Reflection
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