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We've talked about character viewpoint in written fiction. That's pretty fundamental, because fiction is created out of words-- words of description and thought and feeling, and it's usually a character doing the describing, etc. Now let's examine how POV works in a very visual medium.

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Characters should change-- but gradually, in response to plot events.

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There are 3 main conflicts in fiction:

External (outside) conflict

Internal (inside) conflict

Interactional (relationship) conflict.

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We're talking about the interactional kind-- the conflict that changes relationships in your story.

Here we discuss "the most important nod in film". Oh, and "the greatest singalong in film." Same scene!

This is the La Marseillaise scene from Casablanca, where:

Rick defies the Nazis

Laszlo risks his life to sing a song

Ilsa remembers why she loves her husbands

The Nazis back down (just for once), then double down

Captain Renault says a funny.

Point of view(also called "viewpoint") is the vehicle that drives the audience through the story. In most modern fiction, the POV is usually a character, either first-person (I) or third person (he/she/they/it). This is the person who narrates the story-- we see the scene through the POV character's eyes, hear through the ears, and so on.

There's also a common variation, the "omniscient narrator" who isn't a character in the story, but more an authorlike personage who knows all.

Confused? Well, listen in as we discuss the basics of POV, that essential writing element that brings the story to life for your audience.

Keep listening for a free gift-- the Writer's Digest book The Power of Point of View, which Alicia wrote. You can get the ebook for free, just for a bonus to Plot Blueprint podcast listeners.

Gaming a game

James, the "game master (GM)" for different role-playing games, discusses building a world and a story in collaboration and in real-time.

Planning a collaborative TT-RPG

World-building on demand/on the fly

Game master—what is role , how much control/responsibility do you have?

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"Found footage" refers to material, evidence, diaries, cassette tapes-- well, you'll have to listen! For story-writers, found footage can be a clever device to add a "meta" or postmodern layer to the story. Think of "Bridges of Madison County," which is a novel that pretends to be the "found footage" of a mother's journal. We'll discuss some examples and aspects of this complex plot element.

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In some of the most popular stories, the setting-- the "where and when"-- is so PRESENT that it is almost another character-- one that causes changes in the plot and grows in response to plot events. Think about the Millenium Falcon, Walter Moseley's postwar LA, Jane Austen's villages.

Are you interested in a comprehensive course to help you plot your story from start to finish, all three acts and nine turning points, along with the major character developments? Then enroll in the Blueprint Your Plot course!

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We're discussing how to make your setting more than just a backdrop where your characters to move around-- but an actual living and changing element in the story.

A listener asks, what if I don't have a three-act structure? What if I have 4 acts? How do I plot a story like that, with a lot of world-building and then a disaster in the middle?

We'll explore antiheroes as a literary concept. Spoilers possible.

What's an "anti-hero"? Well, not the hero, obviously, but usually not the villain either. We discuss this usually morally-compromised but still somehow impressive character type, which can add depth to a story by introducing ambiguity.

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