There is a marked, qualitative disparity between stories and images born from real life experience and those made from pure, intellectual invention. Life is rife with evocative moments, large and small, which create powerful feelings. Quirky fascinations that linger about our minds. Those of you who know us, know one of our all time favorite axioms was coined by Julia Cameron. This is what audiences crave.
Singular images can come from anywhere.
An unusual weekend, a comment said in fleeting, a detail caught at a glance. Something grabs us in these images and the image stays, resurfacing and resurfacing. Characters, scenes and moments modeled on real life experiences that touched the writer, carry that original feeling like an X factor into the material. And this X factor transmits to the reader, heightening their experience of the script. But still, it's inevitable that the emotional root will come through.