Sublime

they dramatize.

from the story.

My favorite quote on writing — and I’ve read thousands — comes from Tony Gilroy, and I don’t believe a truer statement has ever been made regarding my profession . . . “The quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behavior. You will never write above what you know about people.”

Dynamic New Story Model for Writers and Filmmakers by James Bonnet—Drawing on the work of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and others, Bonnet demonstrates how to use story archetypes and the “natural storymaking process” to create modern narratives of any kind.

Do not proliferate characters; do not multiply locations.

The second way to persuade, according to McKee, is through story. Stories unite an idea with an emotion, arousing the audience’s attention and energy. Because it requires creativity, telling a compelling story is harder than conventional rhetoric. But delving into your creative recesses is worth it because story allows you to engage your audience o

It’s the emotion, the heart, the imagination, the writing.

Screenwriting is showing not telling; structure is the presentation of images in such a way an audience are forced to work out the relationship between them.

mimetically,