http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Kal+Bishop Writing Kal Bishop Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=5262&ca=Writing Beyond three and four act story structure, lies the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is the most usable story structure consisting of at least 106 stages and the template for successful contemporary stories, from Star Wars to Al Pacino Scarface to The Incredibles to War of the Worlds to The Dirty... Writing Kal Bishop Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=4094&ca=Writing Structure in the form of frameworks, work processes and goals enhances creative output: a) Short term goals (incremental productivity) produce more output than a "do your best" approach. Writing four pages a day completes a words-on-paper first draft screenplay in one month. A "do your best" or "wai... Writing Kal Bishop Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=4106&ca=Writing Without denigrating the work and contribution of Syd Field to the art of screenwriting, it is about time many screenwriters moved on. Syd Field gave us the plot point - a clearer definition of what was previously known as the “twist” - as well as other concepts such as the “pinch” and midpoint. His... Writing Kal Bishop Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3836&ca=Writing Effective screenwriting relies on the good understanding and use of structure. Inexperienced screenwriters may believe that structure inhibits creativity, but experienced writers know that following a template helps them to problem identify, generate ideas, select good ideas and develop them to reac... Business Management Kal Bishop Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3837&ca=Business+Management Few Decision makers see the link between creativity and innovation management, as performed by MBA’s in firms, and creative endeavours such as screenwriting. In fact, there are very strong linkages. The problems that prevent individuals coming up with ideas, writing and then commercialising their sc... Writing Kal Bishop Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3844&ca=Writing The principle for writing good screenplays begins with good idea generation and then the use of structure to extrapolate that idea into a coherent story. Sources of Good Ideas a) Ideas that push cultural boundaries work well. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, The Defiant Ones,... Writing Kal Bishop Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3845&ca=Writing When attempting to understand Creativity and Innovation, it pays to import the vast range of research and knowledge that has been accumulated in these fields – most of it is to be found in the field of Business and Management. For example, Writer’s Block is intimately related to Organizational Cult... Business Management Kal Bishop Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3906&ca=Business+Management There is a pervasive assumption that small firms are more creative and innovative than larger firms. That is, they identify problems and generate ideas (creativity) and idea select, develop and commercialise (innovate) those ideas to a greater degree than larger firms. However, there is a large degr... Arts and Crafts Kal Bishop Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3299&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Structure is beneficial to creative output in a number of ways. There are at least two types of structure, work processes and frameworks: a) Work processes such as incremental production produce more output than a "do your best" approach. Writing four pages a day completes a words-on-paper first dr... Business Management Kal Bishop Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=2581&ca=Business+Management Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of div...