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After fighting through 50 different story ideas, the boys have picked Time to Die as the script to write. They are now starting the writing process.

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Re: Sequence Method Question

March 21, 2006 · by The Urban Shockah · Permalink · comment on this post in the forum · Category: Original Version, technique

Since I don't know what film you're doing, it's a little tough. I'll start with: where does the film fall on that McKee story triangle thingie? That is, if it's pretty much a standard, mainstream story, or even a "miniplot", you probably should only have one PONR and one Predicament. If, however you're dealing with some Altman Short Cuts type shit, then you've got several stories on your hands, and you probably should chart out each one. (Or I suppose, if you have a film that has one strong, but somewhat tangential subplot -- like an old Simpsons episode -- then that subplot should probably be charted out on its own.)

Then again, it's not like an exact science or anything, so make up new rules if you have to!

Does that help or hinder?