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THE BLUE BOOK SERIES
ACT 2, SCREENWRITER 0.
Tools Not Rules
COMMON PROBLEMS
No Act Two
Act Two Is Not A Stall
The See & Say Rule
Change
It’s Been Done Before!
Sub-Plot-Itis!
Conflict Is Too Easy!
One Step Plan
No Antagonist?
Short Act Two
ACT TWO CONFLICT
Physical Conflict
Emotional Conflict
Central Conflict
Majority Plot & Minority Plot
Protagonist & Conflict
2 Ps OF MOMENTUM
Purpose
Pacing
Act Two Pacing
Heartbeat
Rom-Com Whammos?
Rom-Com Set Pieces?
Rom-Com Escalation?
If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another!
Act Three Pacing
MORE CONFLICT!
ESCALATING CONFLICT
THE FOUR Ds: INSIDE MOVES
Dilemma
Denial
Decision
Drama
Levels
DEADLINES!
Creating The Deadline
Truth Or Consequences
Planted Deadlines
What They Don’t Know
Big Deadlines & Small Deadlines
Time Runs Out
Start With A Deadline
Puzzling Deadlines
Midpoint Deadline
How Can Things Get Worse?
Timeline Deadline
Specific Deadlines
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