10 Checkpoints for Beginning Your Story for film, stage, novel
Checkpoint 1. Begin your story with a Main Character/Protagonist/Hero and try to get to the heart of who this person really is. Come up with 11 Story Beats: Back Story; Ghost; Psychological flaws; Moral Flaws; Need; Desire; Plan; Opponent(s); Climax/Battle; Self-Revelation; New Equilibrium. There are many other Story Beats – 27 total – but don’t […]
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