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Contents

Acknowledgments

1 The Goal: Why Do We Watch?

Why Do We Watch Movies?

1001 Nights of Entertainment

What’s at Stake Is Nothing Less Than Life and Death

Dramatization through Questions

1001 Nights Entertainment Revisited

Critique: Is It Too Late to Turn Back?

Entertainment Explained

Opportunity from Criticism

What Is the Audience Doing?

Reverse-Engineering Approach

Why Do We Watch and More …

Promise to the Reader: Intuition Illuminated!

The Secret of Storytelling Is Story-Delaying

Points to Remember

2 Common Beginner Problems

Where Do You Begin?

The Catch-22 of the Character-Driven Intuitive Approach

What Can Possibly Go Wrong?

What Do Directors Direct?

The Speaking Metaphor

Every Shot Is a Close-Up ...

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