Lecture notes

Was paying more attention in class today. Some notes I took:

~ notion of genre - audience
~ passion -what do I care about?
~ a great writer may not be a published writer, but the fact that he finds love is enough
~ rich meanings in many aspects of our lives
~ 2nd conflict/tension - twins (preferred), no conflict means no story, no matter how subtle, layers/conflict
~ dramatic narrating - dramatic shift in character's life
~ character who undergone the most significant change is the protagonist
~ odd numbers are great. 2v1 is effective combo for dramatic storytelling
~ surprise them! unpredictability
~ most endings we hate - romantic comedy
~ endings with irony (neither positive or negative)
~ positive - "It's ok we won't hurt the bird."
~ negative - ripping the bird's head off
~ scene with nothing - introduce conflict!
~ no "he thinks, she feels" as you can't see or hear it
~ how can you translate feelings into visual or aural? Try and articulate it in actions
~ think in action, not dialogue