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

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Bridesmaids - What's at Stake?

If I'm writing a script and someone's not clear on why my character is doing certain things, does that maybe indicate that the goal, the hero's goal, is not very clear? Well, if we know what they're trying to do, then I would say the goal is clear. But if we're not sure why they're doing something, I would say either there's just a sort of a plot logic problem like we don't understand why they think this thing is what they need to do or it could also be a stakes problem. All of those things we need to really understand sort of the motivation behind your character's actions. Does that make sense? It does.

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