Michael Tierno > Quotes

“Aristotle tells us that the plot should be so tight that if you took away any one incident, the whole would literally collapse:”
― Michael Tierno, Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization

“Good writers serve their stories; bad writers serve their own agendas.”
― Michael Tierno, Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization

“Write your screenplays to raise, develop, and answer one central dramatic question so that your reader or audience will stay hooked.”
― Michael Tierno, Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization