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Entries Tagged with 'crucial element'

Steadfast Characters and the Crucial Element

May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

When it comes to the Crucial Element, Change Main Characters have it easy. They restore balance to the story by either giving away or receiving an element. Makes sense to most authors. But Steadfast Main Characters are a different story entirely. In these kinds of stories, what element is moved? And if the story is about a hole to be filled, which element do we write about?

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The Keys to the Crucial Element of Screenwriting

April 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The ultimate most important element of any story. This one part of your story is so important that it was sanctified with the word crucial. Without it your hollow storytelling would crumble like dried leaves…Or would it?

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