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Way 8: Conflict Welcome back! You\u2019ve done a great job of getting to know your characters and it\u2019s now time to apply their empathetic traits to the drama concept you are continuing to develop.

OBJECTIVE: Conflict, Conflict, Conflict.

ADVICE: Conflict is everything when it comes to telling an exciting story that keeps audiences interested and engaged in dramatic movies. In the drama genre, the conflict has to sustain the audience\u2019s interest because there are generally no explosions, laughs, and other crutches that other genres can go to.

EXERCISE: Let\u2019s take your premise and the characters that you are starting to create and think up more conflict that you want to throw at those characters as they struggle to survive. You want to take the audience down one road to safety, only to flip it by blocking that road and forcing the characters to choose another route.

Incorporate this train of thought into your own dramatic premises by continually mounting conflict after conflict against your protagonist(s).

ASSIGNMENT: On a sheet of paper or through software on your computer or device, take some time to record your thoughts on what additional conflicts your characters can come across as they deal with whatever core conflict the characters are dealing with. You can draw a visual reference chart or use a simple bullet point presentation that consists of a sentence or two of possible conflicts, obstacles, hurdles, setbacks, twists, and turns for each bullet point. If you are applying these lessons to a drama you\u2019ve already written, read through it and mark where you have such conflicts \u2014 or where you could insert more. We\u2019ll then take that, your synopsis, your character empathy list, and everything else you\u2019ve worked so hard on and apply them to the next Way\u2019s lesson!


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