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#96 - A League of Their Own (1992)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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How to Save a Catalyst

The catalyst is the thing that happens to your hero. That's generally how it's described. If you don't have one, you're in big trouble. Robbie: I've read so many scripts that there's just this other story that happens before the actual story begins and it's not treated like a prologue. It's just treated like necessary backstory. So if you, if you save that catalyst, the page 20 25 30, it can be a really frustrating read. You know, unless you're making Rocky or yeah, or you're a cheeseburger. But no, the, I had to say it. I couldn't know it's good. There's always exceptions.

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