Subject, Focus, Purpose, Perspective, and Genre

Introduction

“Knowing what you are writing about is absolutely essential as you delve deeper into the action and characters. Because if you don’t know what your story is about, who does? The reader? The viewer? If you don’t know what you’re writing about, how do you expect someone else to know?”
-Syd Field, Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

In this lesson, we will review and combine some of the content from the modules on playwriting and screenplay writing for the purpose of developing your own original work.

- Selecting a subject
- Determining focus and emphasis
- Establishing purpose
- Establishing a point of view
- Selecting a Genre

Establishing Subject, Focus, Purpose, Perspective, and Genre

The following presentation reviews content that you have been studying in this course so far. In the modules that follow, you will craft your own original work. This review will help to point you in the right direction. Download a presentation guide below. Please reach out to your instructor with any questions.

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Establishing Subject, Focus, Purpose, Perspective, and Genre

Review your understanding of the material in this lesson in the activity below.

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