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Conflict and Emotional Connection: Every Beat, Trope, and Scene Must Have These

Story Grid Writing Podcast

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The Masterwork - The Red Level and the Green Level

Timothy Stanley: I think there are three areas that we need to work on to make this a good iteration of the masterwork. The first one as we've been talking about is that first trope where you have the interaction between Dawson and Watson. The second one is what we've been working on also which is the main interaction between Randall and Watson Where Wilson comes in at the end. So these are the pivotal moments of the story where we're really getting those progressive revelations. It's just massaging these very very specific beats in sequence with the right signal can transform the story.

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