July 13, 2007, Newsletter Issue #121: Drama Is Conflict and Conflict Is Drama

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A good story gets people interested, and then holds their attention. A good storyteller understands drama requires conflict. Drama is conflict! Everyone's favorite screenwriting “how to” (where favorite equals read, referenced, loved, and loathed), Syd Field's Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting says, “It is the writer's responsibility to generate enough conflict to keep the audience, or reader, interested.” Conflict is drama!

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