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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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The I Want Song Is a Pull of the Movie

Think of your favorite movies and what their wants are and how they handle it you might see a similarity in their track. You can do also do a writing exercise where if you're if you're resistance to the want okay not the want itself but if your resistance to the wanting was personified name itwhat's it wearing what's its attitude give it a really put it outside of yourself in front of you and find out what it wants. What's the danger of wanting? If why is it not safe let it talk to you so that you can start asking get some objectivity. And the last thing in terms of wants it's someone said to me wants my friend Madeline who also had

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