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51. Jamie Nash - Screenwriter, Author of "Save the Cat Writes for TV"

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The Importance of Rooting Resumes

The term is all about getting people to root for a character, even if they might be despicable in some ways. The way that I broke that down was kind of unique for me. There's like 15 different entries into the rooting resume and the first 10 minutes of Joker like if you analyze it, it's like, check, check,Check, check. It's almost one of the, there's really two main things in the setup that I think you're required to do. One is set up the things that need fixing, which is the Blake Snyder term for just all the reasons.

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