10 Screenwriting Tips from David Lynch - Masterclass Interview on Writing, Creativity and Film

David Lynch Masterclass Interview on Creativity, Transcendental Meditation and Screenplay Ideas for his films Mulholland Drive, Dune, Eraserhead, The Elephnant Man, Blue Velvet and series Twin Peaks and Rabbits. He enjoys smoking, teaching and being a madman. He is a recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, he has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and has won the César Award for Best Foreign Film twice, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

Intro: (0:00)
tip 1: (1:24) - Film is a beautiful language. Use it to do the abstraction of the emotion and other film elements
tip 2 - 2:28 - It’s only a myth that you need to suffer to create. Free yourself from the negativity and enjoy the creative process
tip 3 - 4:48 - The more HABITUAL your daily routine is, the more your mind is FREE for creatingiff
tip 4 - 7:07 - Find your own voice, stay true to that voice and always insist on the final cut
tip 5 - 8:55 - Write every major idea down as soon as possible because you will not forgive yourself if you forget them
tip 6 - 9:18 - The most important thing is what you fall in love with. And the reason you fall in love with it, is an abstraction
tip 7 - 9:55 - Writer’s block only means that you are still fishing [writing] you are just not catching any fish [ideas] today. You just need to keep fishing. You need to have patience.
tip 8 - 10:40 - Fall in love with the medium you create in and the ideas will magically start to flow
tip 9 - 11:45 - When writing down an idea, write it with such words, that when you read those words later, the idea will come back to you in full
tip 10 - 12:32 - If you decide to make an abstract film [like Eraserhead] don’t try to define it. Just make an honest film and let the audience interpret it for themselves

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