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“Unless he’s one whale of an actor, he’s a lot in love with his wife,” the detective said with certainty. “That’s enough to justify taking the story to him.”
Dashiell Hammett • Detective Stories: Dashiell Hammett Collection
where you have a reason, you have character desire.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
peripeteia in action.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
a shocking yet inevitable turn
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot
So something happens to a central character that throws them off the beaten track and forces them into a world they’ve never seen.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
The choices they make will illustrate their character.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
it embodies the battle between external and internal desire.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
“I’m a romantic,” he confessed, “because I allow myself to believe that things could be better, could be more than they are. Because I allow myself to want that.”
Sam Wasson • The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
Therefore I will introduce myself. I, Georgie, am Mr. Bob Gray, also known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.