I’d say it’s a problem for storytellers in general. It’s relatively easy to come up with an interesting premise, much harder to come up with a satisfying conclusion, as anyone who’s started and not finished a novel can tell you. You also get a lot more practice at beginnings, so you get better at grabbing the audiences attention early.
I’d say it’s a problem for storytellers in general. It’s relatively easy to come up with an interesting premise, much harder to come up with a satisfying conclusion, as anyone who’s started and not finished a novel can tell you. You also get a lot more practice at beginnings, so you get better at grabbing the audiences attention early.
The other thing with movies or plays, as opposed to books, or even TV shows, is that you have around 120 minutes, more or less, to develop your characters and tell your story. Your whole story. No breaks. One sitting.
At the same time, you've got your audience pretty much captive for that 120 minutes.
I’d say it’s a problem for storytellers in general. It’s relatively easy to come up with an interesting premise, much harder to come up with a satisfying conclusion, as anyone who’s started and not finished a novel can tell you. You also get a lot more practice at beginnings, so you get better at grabbing the audiences attention early.
The other thing with movies or plays, as opposed to books, or even TV shows, is that you have around 120 minutes, more or less, to develop your characters and tell your story. Your whole story. No breaks. One sitting.
At the same time, you've got your audience pretty much captive for that 120 minutes.
There's no law saying you need to start writing a story at the beginning. Plenty of authors don't. Google "pantsers versus plotters".