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PODCAST
“ The Inside Scoop: John Truby's Seven Step Story Structure ”
Karen Copeland interview with Cyndi Greening
(24 April 2005) Karen Copeland and Cyndi Greening discuss they seven key steps to an effective screenplay using the TRUBY METHOD.
- Key steps are described and examples given in well-known films
- Problem/Need - Problems (known and unknown) to the character at the start of the script
- Desire Line - Yes or No Question about the outcome; the track the audience rides on
- Plan - Hero's decision about how to solve the problem; must fail
- Battle - Difficult and painful for hero; irrevocably altered
- Self-Revelation - What the hero discovers about how he's been behaving
- New Equilibrium - Hero is left at higher (or lower) point at the end
- Purpose of B and C storylines
- Common structure mistakes that new screenwriters/filmmakers make
You can find out more about John Truby at Truby.Com
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