NineTreatment—Plotting the Story—II
Just as we proved out Story by creating a Step Outline that allowed us to organize and question the logic of the progression, we will now do the same thing with Plot. We will prove out plot the way the scientist proves out his experiment or the detective proves out her theory. We will prove out our story in the plotting of our story. That step in the process is called a Treatment. It is the step that precedes your First Draft.
More often than not in my consulting work I am sent scripts that ramble on and miss moment after moment where the story should be, could be, focused … without any real grip on a through line or logical progression. The scripts are a full 120 pages—many times, longer—and make no sense. ...
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