Showing posts with label Roll Downhill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roll Downhill. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 08, 2022

The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero’s inner struggle climax shortly after (or possibly at the same time as) her outer struggle?

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Catharsis only comes about because of crisis. We put off personal change until the last possible moment, at the crux of the crisis or afterw...
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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Rulebook Casefile: Cutting Out the Downhill Side of The Martian

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It haunts me still, that baffling dismissal I got from my manager: “At a certain point it all rolls downhill .” I’ve spent years trying to...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Straying from the Party Line: Wrapping Up the Drama a Little Early in The Fighter

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Here and here , I say that the dilemma needs to last right up until the climax or sometimes past it. Either the climactic action resolves...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Storyteller's Rulebook #202: The Internal Conflict Must Climax at the Same Time As (or After) the External Conflict

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A short one today before the big climax tomorrow... All-Too-Common Flaw #11!  Pacific Rim feels like it’s over 90 minutes in, (which w...
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Storyteller's Rulebook #112: Throw in a Left Turn

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Yet another rule complaining about a recent movie! ( 106 , 110 ) I’ve been a curmudgeonly moviegoer recently! Young Adult is a very ...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The Big Idea, Part 12: Keep the Dilemma Alive

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My manager, like many Hollywood types, doesn’t communicate very clearly. Once he was quickly summing up the problems he had with one of my...
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