Saturday, April 15, 2017

Writing: Obstacles

these little stupid stumbling blocks in storytelling
    they are why 'execution'...connects to execution post
    she needs a good reason to go from point a to point b
    whatever we'll think of it [not that crazy; ppl go from point a to point b]
    but if you can't _execute_ on a _good_ reason, meaning build the scene and motivation etc., then you do in fact wind up with a nonsense of running around
or
more analytically
a thing where the machinery of genre and expectation and external tell are evident and driving, rather than any internally motivated story

BUT

obstacles fuck you up

BUT

[and this reverse gets you to body, here:]

don't leapfrog problems your characters have
in fact, check to see if you've leapfrogged any

meaning!

famous scene in Independence Day ==> virus, so dumb ha-ha
   but, 'worse' than that
   made movie about nonsense of running around

vs. Arrival
   problem of basic basic communication