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Unlock Your Story And Pitch Your Screenplay In One Simple Sentence - Naomi Beaty

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The Stakes and Sacrifice in Story

What are stakes and sacrifice and how do they work together? Oh it's a good question so commonly we think about stakes in your story as the consequence or the thing that will happen if your character fails to achieve their goal right. Sacrifice is what your character is sort of the cost of participation of your character taking on this goal or this task that they're trying to do right. The challenge with sacrifice is making sure that the sacrifice isn't so big and unwarranted that the audience then thinks your character is stupid Right.

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