Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot
Unfortunately, I see this basic construction a lot from newer writers: 1) A character tells other characters that he's going to do something. 2) The character does that thing, exactly as he explained he would. 3) The character reports back to the other characters that he did it and they discuss it. Argh! Only scene B is actually advancing the story
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important scenes or sequences in any book or film: a major shift in the dynamics of the story. Something huge will be revealed; something goes disastrously wrong; someone close to the hero/ine dies, intensifying her or his commitment (What I call the “Now it’s personal” scene … imagine Clint Eastwood or Bruce Willis growling the line). Often the wh
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INCITING INCIDENT (page 8-10):
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
· A defined protagonist · A powerful antagonist · A sense of the setting, conflict, and stakes · A sense of how the action will play out