I think she’s top 3 best guest you’ve ever had. She goes straight to the point of your questions with a lot of good advices. I hope you invite her again soon.
What a deep well of information you are on the whole movie spectrum Shannon, glad I found you, we are literally starved for information such as this in Australia, thanks to You Tube , and you, we now understand it all from one place, keep talking.
I love how Shannan says “ooh” after the questions because it reflects exactly how I react to this interviewer with most videos. She asks such good questions! And is so respectful, letting them finish their thoughts; and her contributions to the conversations are always relevant, not self serving. Whoever you are interviewer lady, you’re awesome. Plus you have that classic podcast voice that I can easily listen to for hours.
I would love to see more of her. She's definitely top 3. A lot of the guests give nebulous answers. Like actors tend to do about the craft. It isn't helpful if you're not in the business and able to read between the lines. A lot of ethereal language that leaves you feeling good but more confused. She is crystal clear and concise. Her direction is actionable. Great interview!
hi film courage! I am a sixteen year old writer and today, almost entirely because of you (and some very helpful friends) I completed the first draft of a 40 page kids play. I am super proud and also SO grateful for what you do. THANK YOU!! ps. your video with Eric Edson was literally what started the play two and a half months ago so thanks to him too 😃
@@kena.8003 omg this was so long ago!! I finished the play, it ended up being about 50 pages long or so. I'm nineteen now, I've written a few others but nothing got off the ground due to COVID happening :/ I'm still so proud of my accomplishment though and plan on writing more soon :)))
This was a masterclass. As a writer, I can't begin to express how grateful I am to get feedback and notes! It truly takes a village to write a story--YOU DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE STORY JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT THE IDEA.
I’m dancing in my study rn! I’ve waited for this compilation for ages! I can listen to Shannan for hours and hours. So when I saw the 2 hour length, I almost screamed with excitement 😃😁. Thank you Film Courage.
Film Courage I’ve listened to it several times now. Taken plenty of notes too for my current (and future) WIP. Thank you, thank you, thank you for uploading this 😊
Wow.... I was hesitant to devote 2 hours of my time to watch and listen to this because I had never heard of Shannon before but she really knows the industry and provides very solid advice. Glad I watched!
This is such a fantastic interview. I can’t believe I learned all this for free. I’d love to be in development - my writing is okay, but I’m really good at reading things and spotting problems with flow, continuity errors, plot holes, etc. I didn’t even know there are jobs where you’re paid to read all day (the dream lol). Thanks for this!
She is excellent. And yes we just interviewed her again. Here are the first two segments th-cam.com/video/QKbd-IiorCE/w-d-xo.html & th-cam.com/video/_3llptMjRMk/w-d-xo.html More to come!
Shannon is really really cool. She is very clear with her advice and communicating her knowledge. It just helps as a writer to have very concrete clear pieces of wisdom and advice.
She is the first one of these I have heard who it seems to me makes a lot of sense and with whom I don't have to get through a bunch of obscure analogies to understand.
This is invaluable. As a writer, filmmaker and creative in general, I enjoy most of the interviews you all post but Shannan is dropping infinite gems here. Thanks, Film Courage!
I call what she does precisely what an editor, a real editor, does. Strange how it becomes like a novelty when it appears in the industry. But whatever the genre, the fact that her focus is on film screenplay structure doesn’t change the editor’s craft. This is also what a research advisor or dissertation director does. Instead of story, it’s argument. And so on. The parallels are so clear. Or a conductor. A writing director. The creative interaction that gets to be experienced is transformative, just fascinating.
OMG it feels sooooo good to hear her speak on the passion of EDITING!!! I think a lot of us say "I want to be a writer" because its socially promoted more. But we are the ones who are total nerds in English class, learning all of the "mechanics" to writing. Technically speaking, almost anyone can 'write', but its the skilled writer who can edit.
no strings attached and friends with benefits. Funny she mentions friends with benefits because that's what got me writing screenplays. Not that it was the best thing Ive seen but certain scenes just hit home. That's why I respect films and tv they inspire lazy dreamers like me to act on the life we want. My screenwriting mentor always told me that the best thing about filmmakers is that they get paid to recreate their pain and that's a terrifying feeling of excitement especially when other people can relate to it.
It's not about what she was saying, her energy and expressiveness and confidence in which she showed love in what she is doing put me in such a mood and state of mind I did ground breaking solutions to my story layout. I am deeply thankful
Love the nonchalant way she says if it’s not working for the story then just leave it out. A lot of writers tend to hang on to certain scenes because it’s their favorite or it’s super cool but the way she’s says just leave it out takes all the pressure off of making those tough edits.
Excellent interview and fantastic advice!!! I especially enjoyed the portion where Shannan mentioned how she told her students to read screenplays in the genre and the style that is in their particular lane.
Shannan speaks the type of English I daydream to speak 😂. Fluent, Clear and articulating. You just hear her speaking once and you know she’s dope in her field. I need this woman to read my script.
Thank you so much Shannon for posting this, it has been very helpful, insightful and informative and entertaining. You encourage me as a writer. I wish you much success. I prayed for you. God bless you. Saturday, May 13, 2023
Been a writer It is a confident road. We never know when we are ready to write so it is better to think that we are ready when we are not and write something that we can learn with by feedback and practice than somebody telling you that you have to spend a subjective amount of time preparing your self making you doubt about your capabilities and ending up waiting to write the first page. This is art. JUST SIT COVER YOUR EARS AND WRITE. YOU DONT NEED TO BE PREPARED TO WRITE YOOUURR STORY.
this is great. i have great ideas a few elements but not a full story. i'm stuck in the idea phase. i need to develop my story giving my characters a journey
I love to watch and listen to Ms. Johnson. So expressive with honey toned voice. Magical, which makes me suggest that SHANNAN should be re-orthographed to SHAMAN saving the stroke
Hi Alex, thank you so much! Great to see you find value with our first interview with Shannan. Our second full interview with Shannan goes up at 5pm PST on February 26th.
I have no interest in writing at all, but every second of this was interesting. Both the questions and the answers were very thoughtful. I learned stuff.
At 52:44 did she just give an example about GAME OF THRONES. She said they wanted “HER” to reach point A to B but this character would not do those things. And then she said it’s all over Facebook and Twitter about got rage from fans. I may sound be far fetched! But seems like it was game of thrones.
Love minute 39:45 - 40:15 - writer cannot stand outside cinema and tell the audience "What I meant was..." Every musician would probably want to invade your car home or ipod and tune your player finely to their music.
I wanna know that does the director doesn't let the writer let be on the set or he keeps him or her around to do some changes because if I want to be a writer I want to be on the set because I want to see my work come to life even if I am asked not to interfere
She is AWSOME. I love writing so thank you for being so painfully frank. I’m at the bottom...I need to get a grip. My question is if you sell your script and the changes happen, do they take your name off as writer and replace it with theirs? How sad if that is so.
We know she offers various screenwriting services. We have only interviewed her so we wouldn't be the ones to rate her services. But we had a great time with her and many people seem to love her and this interview. Her website is listed in the info section if you want to investigate further. Best of luck.
Wonderful interview and very insightful! Btw we all know the character she's talking about near the end of the first hour.... **ahem ahem** Daenerys Targaryen **ahem ahem**
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I think she’s top 3 best guest you’ve ever had. She goes straight to the point of your questions with a lot of good advices. I hope you invite her again soon.
Yeah, a lot of the other guests just talk around the subject and never really seem to get to the point
Agreed. Really like that she gets straight to the point.
8ppl
Who else would you say is up there?
Her and Glen 👍👍👍👍
She’s really good...been watching her smaller clips up to this point and now gonna binge this.
Cheers, glad we finally got this one posted!
My exact thoughts! Surprised there aren't more views on this.
What a deep well of information you are on the whole movie spectrum Shannon, glad I found you, we are literally starved for information such as this in Australia, thanks to You Tube , and you, we now understand it all from one place, keep talking.
Agreed. Me too
I love how Shannan says “ooh” after the questions because it reflects exactly how I react to this interviewer with most videos. She asks such good questions! And is so respectful, letting them finish their thoughts; and her contributions to the conversations are always relevant, not self serving. Whoever you are interviewer lady, you’re awesome. Plus you have that classic podcast voice that I can easily listen to for hours.
YES
OMG. This is so enlightening. Absolute clarity. Thanks a ton😌😊
Yes, and I always think of a family member when I hear her voice, which is very respectful and patient too.
I would love to see more of her. She's definitely top 3. A lot of the guests give nebulous answers. Like actors tend to do about the craft. It isn't helpful if you're not in the business and able to read between the lines. A lot of ethereal language that leaves you feeling good but more confused. She is crystal clear and concise. Her direction is actionable. Great interview!
hi film courage! I am a sixteen year old writer and today, almost entirely because of you (and some very helpful friends) I completed the first draft of a 40 page kids play. I am super proud and also SO grateful for what you do. THANK YOU!! ps. your video with Eric Edson was literally what started the play two and a half months ago so thanks to him too 😃
Good luck!
How'd the play go?
@@kena.8003 omg this was so long ago!! I finished the play, it ended up being about 50 pages long or so. I'm nineteen now, I've written a few others but nothing got off the ground due to COVID happening :/ I'm still so proud of my accomplishment though and plan on writing more soon :)))
@@diod2392 Awesome and congrats! Thanks for the update.
@@diod2392that's incredible! Please keep going!!
I love when Shannan is here. She's always so insightful and articulate, I really enjoy her.
Hope you enjoy the full conversation Matdy. This one has more of her personal story along with her teachings.
@@filmcourage I'm looking forward to watching it later today, cheers!
so far she is the BEST !
Bye the way the interviewer is excellent, and has a nice voice
This was a masterclass. As a writer, I can't begin to express how grateful I am to get feedback and notes! It truly takes a village to write a story--YOU DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE STORY JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT THE IDEA.
I’m dancing in my study rn! I’ve waited for this compilation for ages! I can listen to Shannan for hours and hours. So when I saw the 2 hour length, I almost screamed with excitement 😃😁. Thank you Film Courage.
Great to see someone this excited for one of our videos! Hopefully this one is worth the wait. Cheers!
Film Courage I’ve listened to it several times now. Taken plenty of notes too for my current (and future) WIP. Thank you, thank you, thank you for uploading this 😊
Wow.... I was hesitant to devote 2 hours of my time to watch and listen to this because I had never heard of Shannon before but she really knows the industry and provides very solid advice. Glad I watched!
Hi Koran, Shannan is great. Glad this one worked out for you and you found some value here!
She would be an awesome mentor. Wish I could meet her
54:42
She's talking about Game if Thrones season 8 Danerys Targaryan
This is such a fantastic interview. I can’t believe I learned all this for free. I’d love to be in development - my writing is okay, but I’m really good at reading things and spotting problems with flow, continuity errors, plot holes, etc. I didn’t even know there are jobs where you’re paid to read all day (the dream lol). Thanks for this!
I'm so happy y'all put the full interview up
Cheers, so are we!
Great to see Shannan's whole interview at once. Good stuff!
Shannon would be a great professor and gave an excellent interview. Thank you and I hope she's on your program again.
She is excellent. And yes we just interviewed her again. Here are the first two segments th-cam.com/video/QKbd-IiorCE/w-d-xo.html & th-cam.com/video/_3llptMjRMk/w-d-xo.html More to come!
Shannon is really really cool. She is very clear with her advice and communicating her knowledge. It just helps as a writer to have very concrete clear pieces of wisdom and advice.
Thanks for watching, we are glad you found this one.
She is the first one of these I have heard who it seems to me makes a lot of sense and with whom I don't have to get through a bunch of obscure analogies to understand.
This is invaluable. As a writer, filmmaker and creative in general, I enjoy most of the interviews you all post but Shannan is dropping infinite gems here. Thanks, Film Courage!
I could listen to her for hours. She's so intoxicating to listen to. Very helpful stuff too.
I enjoy these interviews so much! The interviewer is great, she’s always asking so smart and articulate questions
Kind words, thanks for watching and for the support.
She speaks briskly and effectively, and it flows more like an informative conversation than an interview.
I call what she does precisely what an editor, a real editor, does. Strange how it becomes like a novelty when it appears in the industry. But whatever the genre, the fact that her focus is on film screenplay structure doesn’t change the editor’s craft.
This is also what a research advisor or dissertation director does. Instead of story, it’s argument. And so on. The parallels are so clear. Or a conductor. A writing director. The creative interaction that gets to be experienced is transformative, just fascinating.
OMG it feels sooooo good to hear her speak on the passion of EDITING!!!
I think a lot of us say "I want to be a writer" because its socially promoted more. But we are the ones who are total nerds in English class, learning all of the "mechanics" to writing.
Technically speaking, almost anyone can 'write', but its the skilled writer who can edit.
I really love her, I've been binging her videos. She's so knowledgeable and straight forward. I need to take a class from her honestly
She’s so good. I would take a class from her. Definitely the best speaker they have
no strings attached and friends with benefits. Funny she mentions friends with benefits because that's what got me writing screenplays. Not that it was the best thing Ive seen but certain scenes just hit home. That's why I respect films and tv they inspire lazy dreamers like me to act on the life we want. My screenwriting mentor always told me that the best thing about filmmakers is that they get paid to recreate their pain and that's a terrifying feeling of excitement especially when other people can relate to it.
Natures Candy! Thank you so much for supporting our channel. Shannan is great, we love to see you finding value in this interview!
This is such great advice for writers in general, not just film and Tv. I definitely took tons of notes. Thank you
Thanks Nadia, we are so glad this was helpful.
It's not about what she was saying, her energy and expressiveness and confidence in which she showed love in what she is doing put me in such a mood and state of mind I did ground breaking solutions to my story layout.
I am deeply thankful
Love the nonchalant way she says if it’s not working for the story then just leave it out. A lot of writers tend to hang on to certain scenes because it’s their favorite or it’s super cool but the way she’s says just leave it out takes all the pressure off of making those tough edits.
Excellent interview and fantastic advice!!! I especially enjoyed the portion where Shannan mentioned how she told her students to read screenplays in the genre and the style that is in their particular lane.
Love her! Her voice is so like talking to my soul.
Love these conversations. She’s one of the best interviewees.
She's great!
Listening to this while playing animal crossing and just vibing really made my night.
Cheers Brandon!
Brilliant Guest.
I find Her a top teacher...
(Joining her Web-classes)
Yesssss Friday night lights. And that theme song really gets to you the more you watch it
Shannan speaks the type of English I daydream to speak 😂. Fluent, Clear and articulating.
You just hear her speaking once and you know she’s dope in her field. I need this woman to read my script.
Thank you so much Shannon
for posting this, it has been very helpful, insightful and informative and entertaining.
You encourage me as a
writer. I wish you much success. I prayed for you.
God bless you.
Saturday, May 13, 2023
There's two Shannan interviews? Yeahhh!!!!
She was excellent. Great interview. Thank you.
54:49 even she thinks the GOT Finale was screwed up.
Don’t we all
The best video on writing I’ve ever watched.
Wow. I love her!
Been a writer It is a confident road. We never know when we are ready to write so it is better to think that we are ready when we are not and write something that we can learn with by feedback and practice than somebody telling you that you have to spend a subjective amount of time preparing your self making you doubt about your capabilities and ending up waiting to write the first page. This is art. JUST SIT COVER YOUR EARS AND WRITE. YOU DONT NEED TO BE PREPARED TO WRITE YOOUURR STORY.
I can listen to Shannan talk all day. I'm like a sponge soaking up all this Educational knowledge
I love how blunt, honest and thorough she is. She's a wealth of knowledge.
She's so brilliant 👏
Loved the bonding moment between you guys being sample ladies. 😂😂
AMAZING
Thank you so much!
She is incredible.
Shannan always delivers. Great interview.
Thanks for watching Tyrone. Glad you found this one.
So Awesome. Great interview
What a great interview. Tons of great stuff. Thank you for sharing this publicly
Glad you enjoyed it! This is 1 of 2 interviews with Shannan. Here is the 2nd one - th-cam.com/video/pwcTge9iF0E/w-d-xo.html
@@filmcourage Wow! I had no idea, thank you
This is going to my 10 k walk 🔥
this is great. i have great ideas a few elements but not a full story. i'm stuck in the idea phase. i need to develop my story giving my characters a journey
Great questions and replies.
She's very good in all her interviews.
I love to watch and listen to Ms. Johnson. So expressive with honey toned voice. Magical, which makes me suggest that SHANNAN should be re-orthographed to SHAMAN saving the stroke
I adore this woman.
Another great interview. Thank you
I’m getting a Shonda Rhimes Vibes. This is a really good interview. Learning so much
Outstanding presentation.
wow so much creative energy within her!
This was everything!!! Thank you. Shonda did crossroads...its how I fell in love with her
Thanks for watching Marian!
Loveee her!!!!
So Informative! Definitely gave me direction because I have great ideas but not sure if I want to be a writer
Great interview
Thanks John!
Shannan is so engaging. I need to take her class.
love
8:15 So True!
9:30 Story is King
Really succinct and valuable information great interview
Thanks for watching!
Thanks
Hi Alex, thank you so much! Great to see you find value with our first interview with Shannan. Our second full interview with Shannan goes up at 5pm PST on February 26th.
54:47 ...sounds like Game of Thrones to me. Or is it just a coincidence and I still haven't gotten over that Game of Thrones finale?
Her hand movements are so satisfying...
54:48 You immediately know she’s talking about Daenerys 😂😂😂
WoW, so much GOOD information
Thanks Mohamed! Is there anything you wish we would have talked more about?
I have no interest in writing at all, but every second of this was interesting. Both the questions and the answers were very thoughtful. I learned stuff.
Shes awsome!!
Where can we find the filmography of the guests you have on? Is that something that can be linked in the description of the videos?
At 52:44 did she just give an example about GAME OF THRONES. She said they wanted “HER” to reach point A to B but this character would not do those things. And then she said it’s all over Facebook and Twitter about got rage from fans. I may sound be far fetched! But seems like it was game of thrones.
Totally GoT
True about the mom thing.. the only mom that I can think of that was welcomed was Queen Latifah’s mom on living single.. she loveeeed her mom.
These Rock!
The more I watch her the more I see Gabriel Union.
Also, awesome interview!
I here because of her latest FC interview.
We are getting closer with Shannan's second full interview!
This is good.
What about an interview/discussion with her and Chris Gore? that would be nuts.
Love minute 39:45 - 40:15 - writer cannot stand outside cinema and tell the audience "What I meant was..." Every musician would probably want to invade your car home or ipod and tune your player finely to their music.
subscribed because of shannan😂
Here are all of our videos with Shannan! - bit.ly/32pCWAF
@@filmcouragethank you!
I wanna know that does the director doesn't let the writer let be on the set or he keeps him or her around to do some changes because if I want to be a writer I want to be on the set because I want to see my work come to life even if I am asked not to interfere
dont fall in love with your work is the message.
She is AWSOME. I love writing so thank you for being so painfully frank. I’m at the bottom...I need to get a grip. My question is if you sell your script and the changes happen, do they take your name off as writer and replace it with theirs? How sad if that is so.
At 55:30ish, she's probably talking about GoT.
Do you recommend writing your first script and story bible out in notebooks first or putting them directly on the computer?
Just dive in.
Where or how do we get the scripts to read? (Marion, IN)
Minute 55 (is she talking about ST:Discovery?)
Or GoT.
This is a great interview and Shannan seems to be a great script doctor. Is she available for doctoring screenplays?
We know she offers various screenwriting services. We have only interviewed her so we wouldn't be the ones to rate her services. But we had a great time with her and many people seem to love her and this interview. Her website is listed in the info section if you want to investigate further. Best of luck.
Thank you! @@filmcourage
Wonderful interview and very insightful!
Btw we all know the character she's talking about near the end of the first hour.... **ahem ahem** Daenerys Targaryen **ahem ahem**
Kay
Talking about the pyramid: I think it's upside-down pyramid. We writers top of it but we are down of the climax kinda stuff like that 😁