
Episode 40: Mackendrick's Rules, Part 1
Secrets of Story Podcast
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The Four Elements of a Great Character
The best ideas are the things that seem like they're not going to work for the first 95 percent of it seems to flaunt all the rules and then finally because you keep with it until you figure out the truth of it then it works. The secret of a great character is in fact the yeast that will make it rise but if you don't have that element there's going to be something about this character that is inherently not ideal for getting us to love a hero. beware of sympathy between characters that is the end of drama and i agree with this and after our long discussions about this about Ted last though and everything the we've hadYeah we've had several episodes about this and
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