49 | Michael Arndt's Act 1 Masterclass
The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna
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What Is a Great First Act Break?
Stanton: I feel like the thing I've become obsessed with is just getting your first act break and having the strongest possible first act break. He says a great first act break is you've achieved maximum reading interest, which is totally hook your audience in. The work that your first act has to do has to be both setting up the long-term goal that your hero is pursuing and the short,. the latter that they're going to climb a short term plan that they’re going to pursue to achieve that goal.
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