How to Write a Sequel in 5 Steps!
5 Steps to Making a Sequel!

With the sequel to Space Jam, Top Gun, and the original Ghost Busters, I wanted to take a look at other sequels that came out years or even decades after the originals.

This is a almost satirical look at the formula that many of these sequels have in common.

I looked at films like Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Bill and Ted Face the Music, Anchorman, Anchorman 2, Dumb and Dumber, Dumb and Dumber To, Zoolander, and Zoolander 2... to figure out what these films have in common and follow the formula step by step to make something like Ferris Bueller 2.

And this video will show you how to, with these steps, you can write your own Superbad 2 or Billy Madison 2.

So how do you write a sequel in 5 steps, or what 5 troupes should you follow while writing a sequel to a beloved classic of your very own.

The first step in writing a sequel for a movie that came out over a decade ago is you have to bring back the original cast. Bring back the Adam Sandlers, Jonah Hills, and David Spades if you can. Make sure every one knows that they are old now, and should have grown up by now, but haven't. They have to be in the roughest time in their live... a virtual low point.

The second step in writing a sequel is the main character must now have a kid. The kid that they have must drive the plot. So whether your sequel has the main person being a bad father, or the kid was the chosen one all along, there needs to be a kid in the picture.

The third step to writing a decades old sequel is you have to make call backs to the original film... whether that be a joke that was the highlight of your original rewritten to some how be less funny the second time around, or just reuse the exact same joke over and over again until you effectively killed it, you have to make sure everyone is riding high off of the nostalgia of the first film.

The fourth step of piecing together this sequel is new jokes that mostly fall flat. Have a main character repeat something over and over again... like we did with the call back joke... but this time... there is no nostalgia to cloud viewer's judgement on whether the joke is just familiar or actually funny. Throw in some topical humor that will age like milk in a few years. Mention Honey Boo-Boo or the last episode of Pawn Stars, something that people will find funny for years to come.

The fifth and final step you need to take is the main character or characters have to change by the end of the movie. They have to sacrifice what they thought was so important in the beginning of the film, or have a big change of heart before the credits roll.

If you follow these steps you can pen your own 53 Candles or The Greater Outdoors.

Credit to Next Steps for the awesome thumbnail. Link to his page here:
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0:00 Intro
1:35 Step 1 Bring Back the Original Characters
2:53 Step 2 Bring in the Kids
4:27 Step 3 Bring in the Call Backs
6:21 Step 4 Bring in the Crappy New Jokes
7:30 Step 5 Bring the Emotional Change
8:36 Outro

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