Archive for July 19th, 2017

Whatever its nature, the inciting incident is an event that focuses the future protagonist to take action. Think of the inciting incident as an electroshock. A death, an accident, an inheritance, and love at first sight are all classic inciting incidents. This plot point needs to be powerful enough to disrupt the future protagonist’s life […]

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If the writers of Tootsie wanted to show the transformation of a macho actor who is forced to disguise himself as a woman to find work and to finally get a taste of his own sexist medicine (which is a great premise), Michael should have been characterized like the director [played by Dabney Coleman].  The […]

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I am of the opinion that a character arc is more powerful and meaningful when the character changes morally or psychologically rather than socially or physically. ” Yves Lavandier Constructing a Story Page 43 My Spin: Would we still be talking about Rocky 30 years after it was made if Rocky Balboa simply went from […]

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