CRWR 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Melodrama, Dont
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Intro: sets a storytelling tone and an intimacy that reveals character. Character description: delays the action of the story but gives great insight into the character. Setting: cinematic as if we"re watching through a lens of the character or storyteller. In media res: we begin in the middle of things. A dramatization of conflict that advances the story forward. A story is a narrative involving a conflict between two parts, usually characters who want opposing things. There is a series of actions set in scenes. A good story is about disturbance to a character"s internal and external lives in seeking their goal/want. Grounded in a specific time and place. Shows a change in emotion for each character. Crucial to the overall meaning/narrative of the story. Meet the character when they are at one emotional level. They don"t know they are about to have this changed.
