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All exposition, just like all dialogue, is driven by this desire.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Perhaps he should feel responsible for unleashing a monster on the world, for the bodies that monster left in his wake—after all, he made Eli what he was, he urged him to test his theory, he brought him back from the dead, he took away Angie—but as he stared down into the faces of the dead, all he felt was a kind of quiet joy, a vindication. He’d b
... See moreV. E. Schwab • Vicious (Villains Book 1)
Series characters can’t get to the end of their journey or the story is over, so their creators face the same dilemma as Hollywood but massively amplified. How do they create change in a world where their characters must always stay the same?
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
“Now you get to live in that world from 10:00 to 11:00 on Sunday night,” Ross said. “But I see the potential for telling that story in a different dimension—for bringing more of that world to an audience that has expanded because the world has expanded.”
Frank Rose • The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories
Express Theme: Show us why you’re writing this story, what it is about, in action.
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot
‘Somebody’s got to want something, something’s got to be standing in their way of getting it. You do that and you’ll have a
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them

You think heroes are bulletproof until Superman calls and asks you to save him.
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
television writing is attractive because it has the three traits that make people love their work: impact, creativity, and control.