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“if you know your character’s dramatic need, you can create obstacles to it, and the story becomes your character’s overcoming these obstacles to achieve their dramatic need.”
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Inciting incident - the action that sets the story in motion
Key incident - what the story is about
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Key incident - what the story is about
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“I believe the silver screen is a mirror, reflecting our thoughts, our hopes, our dreams, our success, our failures.”
— Oct 16, 2026 05:26AM
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“Dialogue serves two main purposes: Either it moves the story forward, or it reveals information about the main character. If the dialogue does not serve either one of these functions, then take it out.”
— Oct 01, 2026 07:25AM
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“The more you know, the more you can communicate to your audience.”
— Aug 23, 2026 02:45AM
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“All drama is conflict. Without conflict, you have no action; Without action, you have no character; without character, you have no story; and without story, you have no screenplay.”
— Jul 22, 2026 04:38AM
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“writing is a personal responsibility; either you do it or you don’t”
— Jul 17, 2026 07:25AM