Psychology for Screenwriters: Building Conflict in Your Script

Psychology for Screenwriters: Building Conflict in Your Script

by William Indick
Psychology for Screenwriters: Building Conflict in Your Script

Psychology for Screenwriters: Building Conflict in Your Script

by William Indick

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Overview

People’s lives are made up of good and bad decisions, histories filled with triumph and pain, behaviors formed from a lifetime of experiences — your characters should be no different. But writing psychologically complex characters requires an understanding of human behavior. Fortunately, you don’t need a PhD in psychology to add complexity to your screenwriting. William Indick will help you add psychological depth to your script with insights from brilliant psychological theorists like Freud, Jung, and Adler. Get ready to create characters and conflict that will have your audience begging for only one thing — more.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781615933471
Publisher: Wiese, Michael Productions
Publication date: 01/03/2023
Pages: 312
Sales rank: 509,946
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author


William Indick earned his bachelors degree in psychology (1993) and masters degree in music therapy (1996) from New York University. After working as a special education teacher and as a creative arts therapist, he earned his Ph.D. in developmental psychology (2001) from Cornell University. Dr. Indick is an active screenwriter, author, screenwriting consultant, and an Associate Professor of Psychology at William Paterson Universityin Wayne, New Jersey, where he writes books and teaches courses in the area of media psychology and psychology in film. His other books include Media Environments and Mental Disorder (2021), The Digital God (2015), Ancient Symbology in Fantasy Literature (2012), The Psychology of the Western (2008), Psycho Thrillers (2006), and Movies and the Mind (2004).

You may contact Dr. Indick through his webpage at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-indick-12b8b5125/

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: Sigmund Freud

CHAPTER TWO: Erik Erikson

CHAPTER THREE: Carl Jung

CHAPTER FOUR: Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey

CHAPTER FIVE: Maureen Murdock and the Heroine’s Journey

CHAPTER SIX: Alfred Adler

CHAPTER SEVEN: Rollo May

CHAPTER EIGHT: Writing for the Western Genre: Archetypes of the Old West

CHAPTER NINE: Writing for the Fantasy Genre: Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth

CHAPTER TEN: Writing for the Science Fiction Genre: Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water

CONCLUSION

About the Author

Illustrations

Filmography

Bibliography

Subject Index

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