all good stories show growth and track change in all its characters.
all good stories show growth and track change in all its characters.
turning points bring a character face-to-face with the consequences of not changing.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
characters don’t want to change. They must be forced to change. Nobody wakes up and starts chasing a bad guy
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
a scene must advance the story by bringing about some sort of change.
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
Your story must reflect change over time. A story cannot simply be a series of remarkable events. You must start out as one version of yourself and end as something new.
Dan Kennedy • Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
who comes up against the others the hardest, and who grows the most?
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat
Whose story is it??
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat
Regardless of whether your change is infinitesimal or profound, positive or negative, your story must reflect change. You must begin and end your story in entirely different states of being.
Dan Kennedy • Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
Good structure will deliver a crisis point that forces the protagonist to choose between their old and new selves.