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John Wick Analysis: Part 4 - What Writers Can Learn and Obligatory Moments

Story Grid Writing Podcast

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The Failure of the Initial Strategy

"I love a story where you just have a protagonist who's like super good at what they do, but there's also a lot of stuff that you have to really get right if you're going to have that kind of protagonist," he says. "John Wick is a great example of how you pull that off and how you start with a really large, like a really powerful antagonist ... And then those stakes and those obstacles just keep escalating across the story."

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