Method Writing: The First Four Concepts — Jack Grapes [FULL INTERVIEW]

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3 min readDec 20, 2021

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Film Courage: What is method writing?

Jack Grapes, Artist, Writer, Author, Instructor: Oh, you’re starting off with a hard question. Well, I’m an actor. Method acting is a big school of acting that Marlon Brando and people like that studied under (Marlyn Monroe) and so forth. I studied method acting and it stresses an authentic response to what your work is. You’re not acting with gestures, you’re being true, you’re being natural. I was teaching writing in which I thought I wanted writers not to worry about the technique or the style to begin with but to….(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).

0:00 — What Is Method Writing?

12:51 — There Is No Rulebook For Being A Father

31:16 — Writers Only Have To Know These 5 Basic Voices

46:28 — Great Artists Talk To Each Other Across Time And Space

1:01:46 — You Can’t Talk Like A Writer

1:19:29 — How To Write In Your Deep Voice

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