Every dramatic story is a quest of some kind:
- A character wants something and must get it (goal)
- Protagonists (major characters) have a goal:
- Scene objective (short term goal)
- Story objective (long term goal)
- 3 basic principles of dramatic action:
- What a character wants
- Why the character wants it
- What or who is keeping the character from getting what he/she wants
- Ask:
- Who is your character (protagonist)?
- Where is the story set (setting includes time, place, season…)?
- What is the situation here and now?
- What is the situation outside the scope of the setting (society)?
- How does the character (protagonist) feel about the situation?
- What does the author (you) feel about the situation?
- What are characters thinking about? [try to connect thoughts to actions…]
- What does the character want from another character (or society)?
- Why does the character want that? What is at stake for the character? (motivation)
- What is the problem? (conflict)
- How might the problem be solved? (conflict)
- How will the past influence what’s happening now? How does the outside world impact what is happening now? (backstory)
- What will happen? (plot)
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