RE: The Last Jedi and the 7 Basic Questions of Narrative Drama (Part 1)
495Original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE7SkcoyVAI
Just Write? Just read Truby first.
John Truby's The Anatomy of Story:
https://amzn.to/2Hoy1Uu
My John Truby's Anatomy of Story vids:
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For every defender of TLJ, there's about a dozen people who throw their arms up in amazement. The "dramatic bedrock" angle (?) and using John Truby as a crutch just pushed me over the edge. Something about 7 dramatic questions that make a story...a story? What?
I'm skeptical on a "tug-of-war" between a characters needs and wants, especially since character needs are based on their flaws, and those are usually something a character isn't aware of. Unless Truby is a hack and I have poor understanding of what I read.
In Poe's case, Leia is telling him "I need you to be a leader". Is that Poe's development? Is that what he needs? Isn't that what Leia wants of Poe? What does that mean? How does Poe become a leader then, Leia? By...not sacrificing himself and being a hero? By...following foxes? When all he needed -- as the story shows us -- was to do literally nothing. All he had to do was go to bed, and Rose and Finn didn't have to to go off on a (detrimental) mission, and by not having a mutiny. Everything would've worked out. Who knew?
If you don't believe in the narrative, the whole story is ruined. Apparently, TLJ proponents can't stop forgiving its problems at every turn.
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