Hola BadAssWriter : Welcome back for this wild ride. I'm sooooo excited about tomorrow's FREE BadAssWriter online class. If you're ready to join us,

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Hola BadAssWriter :

Welcome back for this wild ride. I'm sooooo excited about tomorrow's FREE BadAssWriter online class.

If you're ready to join us, then please take a look at the last 2 emails we've sent you and send us 3 things you learned from the exercises or from the emails.

You can reply to this email.

If you can't make it to tomorrow's class, then we'll email the recording to you....just send us your 3 Things.

Here's some of the stuff we're going to cover in tomorrow's class:

Tomorrow, we're going to discuss each section of a Story Outline. What I'm going to ask you to do is finish your script first and then see how your story elements fit into the outline. This is a trick I learned developing scripts for SimonSays Entertainment.

Many folks feel like their creativity is stiffled by writing an outline first.

THEN, SKIP IT. DON'T DO IT.

You don't have to ....just write that first draft and let it pour out of you without editing it...

Once you have the first draft, you can then use an outline to see where your story has too much air, not enough action, rising stakes and well developed characters tripping over plots points so fast that the audience can't move out of their seats...

So, write the story first and then plug your story points into the outline to see where your structure could be stronger, clearer. The outline is a tool to help you write better, faster and with more clarity and adventure...don't let it use you, you use it.

In tomorrow's class, we're going to discuss these elements in detail....especially the inciting incident.

FIVE CORE ELEMENTS of a plot outline

The protagonist and his or her goal, (2) the supporting cast and what they each want, (3) the beginning and end, (4) the five major plot points, and (5) the order of events, sequences, and act divisions.

Things to Think About
- Opening
- Closing Image
- What is the protagonist's fatal flaw
- What does the protagonist want (hint: the fatal flaw is what gets in the way of that)
- Inciting Incident forces the protagonist to take an action they've never taken before. It is a incident that forces the protagonist to deal with their fatal flaw. Inciting incident and climax are the highest stakes.

PLOT POINTS

Each plot point is a series of problems you create for the protagonist to solve.

I. PLOT POINT I - prompted by the inciting incident
Problem

A. PROTAGONIST AND HIS OR HER GOAL

a.) describe scene: what happened, what's the conflict.

B. antagonist and his goal is in direct opposition to what the protagonist
​ a) describe the conflict

C. By the end of the scene,

a)what has happened,

b)what has the protagonist learned

c) how are they changed and what new problem has been created.

Plot Point II is prompted by Plot Point I and follows the same format as Plot Point I

Plot Points II-VI are all the same.

VI. Plot Point VI is the first act break is creates the pro

A. FIRST ACT BREAK ENDS WITH PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE SOLVED BEFORE THE STORY ENDS

a) protagonist goal

b) antagonist goal

C) super block to the protagonist success....this problem cannot be resolved until the protagonist overcomes his fatal flaw.

VII. POINT OF COMMITMENT
​ A. CHARACTER REAFFIRMS GOAL BY ESTABLISHING WHAT'S AT STAKE

B. DECIDES NEXT VITAL STEPS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN

VIII. ALL IS LOST

A. CREATES FOUNDATION FOR THE CLIMAX, SO THIS IS A MINI CLIMAX EN ROUTE

B. INSURMOUNTABLE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CREATED

C. END OF ACT II

IX. CLIMAX

A. CHARACTER'S FATAL FLAW IS REVEALED

B. FATAL FLAW MUST BE OVERCOME TO SOLVE THE INSURMOUNTABLE PROBLEM

C. SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST

X. RESOLUTION

A. HERO HAS SOLVED PROBLEM

1a. How is the hero changed by the end of the story?

B. WORLD IS IN BALANCE AGAIN

How to Get Access to tomorrow's FREE BadAssWriters' Class

Ready for tomorrow's class?

Then send us 3 burning questions from the exercises we've sent you in the last 3 emails.

OR

3 Things you learned about your script when you did the exercises.

If you want us to send you the log on for tomorrow's 10am (EST) class, then you need to reply to this email now because the class is half full already.

Love, Light & Power,

April & TheBadAssWriter Team

P.S. Can't make tomorrow's class? We'll send you the recording. Just send us the 3 things mentioned above!

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