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Film Courage: How do you define story?
Glenn Gers, Author/Screenwriter/YouTuber: I would say that story is what happens. Because to me that comes to the question of story and plot.
I think of it as story is what is happening in the lives of the people, in the story, in the characters.
In other words, whatever is actually happening to them, which happens in the order that it happens chronologically in their lives, it’s what happens.
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Whereas plot is how we tell that story.
To me they’re very different because you can tell things in many different ways.
You can tell the same story in many different ways.
So the story remains…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here)
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Glenn Gers was a professional writer of movies and television for 25 years. His credits include theatrical features including FRACTURE (2007) and MAD MONEY (2008), no-budget indies like DISFIGURED (2008), TV staff work and episodes, original cable movies, and many more. He has won multiple festival prizes and an Emmy. He shares thoughts about creative writing on his Youtube channel and his Substack, both called “Writing For Screens.”
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