Emphasize structure
Published on Mar 30, 2016
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Emphasize structure
you can polish later
KISS
keep it simple stupid
narrative arc
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start with exposition
keep it short and simple
rising action
build up suspense
crisis
climax
the resolution happens here
falling action
keep it short!
common types of plots
failure to success
victim to survivor
danger to safety
chaos to meaning
saving the world
love conquers all
can you think of any films
that contain these plot lines?
anecdotes
are crucial to plot
sermons, speeches, comedy
create emotional connection
memorable anecdotes are
SHORT
The Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once arrived at a party complaining of exhaustion. His host asked why he was so tired. “All day I worked on one of my poems,” explained Wilde. “In the morning I took a comma out, and in the afternoon I put it back in.”
They are specific.
Three days after Christmas, Meg Jones, 13, stuffed a pair of jeans and a T-shirt into her backpack and ran away from her parents’ split level in a posh suburb of Houston. She couldn’t tolerate their bickering anymore. They still haven’t found her.”
They show, rather than tell.
I bit into the crispy cookie and gobs of melted chocolate hit my tongue. As I chewed, a giant smile spread across my face without me realizing it. I went for another bite but when I looked down, the cookie was already gone.
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They're relevant.
They have action.
Someone must be doing something.
They have a beginning
and a clear ending.
