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the essence all drama is built on: change, and the internal struggle a character must undergo in order to achieve it.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
a character is what they do
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
It’s the Kuleshov Effect. In all these stories the audience is presented with key facts then invited to infer a connection.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
they are the product of the writer’s argument with reality.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
diegetically,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
This conflict between who a character is, and who they want to be, is real life’s gift to drama.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
It’s a technique some call ‘top-spin’ as it creates an extremely powerful narrative drive.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
In an archetypally structured story, the qualities a character displays in pursuit of their goal will be the ones that sabotage their ability to achieve it,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
initial enthusiasm, goals achieved, things falling apart, catastrophe faced and victory snatched from the jaws of defeat.