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81 | Why Character "Wants" Matter More Than Almost Anything Else

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Why Your Wants Are So Important in a Movie

"Your wants are kind of what's in that's going to drive you to the next level and evolve you like we were talking about," she says. "If I already know their want is not good for them the movie's over the movie is over because now I'm ahead of them" She adds: 'The stronger the want the stronger the drive'

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