conventions of storytelling (check what is that you are making etc)
a red flag is when someone trying to tell you sth is extremely complictaed and convoluted
Convention - Robert Mckee - 3 day story summer
- whats the act 1 mystery?
- what happens in the first few moments that makes audience keep watching?
- interesting story = create hoped for and feared outcomes
- make the hoped-for outcome seem less likely than the feared outcome, usually through a person we identify with
keep it simple at beginning
start the story with a question:
- who got killed?
- will a mother find her missing son?
- how will he survive deadly game?
- which perspn will he chose?
Shapes of stories
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories