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John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
The first 10 pages of the script, or first dozen pages at most, is called the “set-up.”
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat
The first 10 pages and the rest of Act One is the movie’s thesis; it’s where we see the world as it is before the adventure starts.
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat
The goals of protagonist and antagonist in every scene are in direct conflict
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Until you have your pitch, and it grabs me, don’t bother
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat
“The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.”
Carson Reeves • Scriptshadow Secrets (500 Screenwriting Secrets Hidden Inside 50 Great Movies)
The first 10 pages is also where we start to plant every character tic, exhibit every behavior that needs to be addressed later on, and show how and why the hero will need to change in order to win.
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat
peripeteia in action.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
And does so in a lively and entertaining way.