thread: 2005-04-04 : Participant vs. Author?
On 2005-04-13, Vincent wrote:
Yup.
A story is made of dynamic situations transforming into new dynamic situations, until they land at a final stable situation. Each situation's transformation into the next plays out over the course of one or more scenes. Each scene contains one or more conflicts*. Each conflict has stakes which we resolve. The resolution of the stakes directs the scene; the resolution of the scene directs the transformation of the situation; the resolution of the situation directs the story; the story emerges way up here from the resolutions of all its stakes, taken as a whole.
* A scene with no conflict in it reveals or constructs situation, doesn't transform it. (This is no shame on them; revealing situation is essential too.)
