For me, scriptwriting is about the hero's journey.Not all heroes or heroines wield swords or crash through plate glass windows. A hero is more often than not, a fallen person or a person who has lost their faith in life.We can become heroes when we choose to lift ourselves up and to take on challenges far greater than ourselves, far greater than anything we ever thought we could achieve.It may mean saving the local community centre, it may mean saving the world, but in the process of the story, the most important thing the hero saves, is him or herself, when they discover within them, a strength they never knew they had and with it, overcome their fears, their doubts and the ghosts of their past.When we see that on the big screen, we live the hero's journey vicariously and a small fire lights up inside us. We begin to hope again. We begin to see potential.This is the heart of great storytelling.This is what I do. I strive to create cinema heroes.They don't all have to be winners. People can lose yet achieve a spiritual victory. Lovers can be united even in death. Some of the greatest victories in history and on screen are achieved by great sacrifice where the only person who knows of the achievement is the hero and the audience.Great heroes become part of our folklore and ultimately, at some distant point in the future, remain merely as legend.
