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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
drama can only really work when it fulfils its structural duty to validate both sides.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Your job as a screenwriter is to throw obstacles at your hero
Carson Reeves • Scriptshadow Secrets (500 Screenwriting Secrets Hidden Inside 50 Great Movies)
First, the story lays out the protagonist’s characterization:
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
the author will actively pursue a specific goal (the point they are trying to make), positing a theory, exploring it and coming to a conclusion.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
the story shape is structured around how they find, retrieve and finally master the quality in their life that has eluded them.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
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
Dan O'Bannon's Guide to Screenplay Structure: Inside Tips from the Writer of ALIEN, TOTAL RECALL and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
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The goal, as always, is conflict and contrast.