"We tune in to watch people be punished, and we enjoy seeing characters pushed to their absolute limits and beyond. We seem to like our main characters frustrated, beaten down, devastated, and humiliated, and yet passionately almost insanely driven to try to reach their goals." - The Idea by Eric Bork
My presence matters to people I may never realize.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Were you ever given a responsibility that you couldn't handle?
She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which He…
One bad moment does not make a bad day.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what i’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold
Don't connect all the dots. Give the audience a role in filling in what's happening. That is, give them all the dots they need, but don't connect all the dots for them.
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancin…
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
What do video game bosses do while waiting for the main character?
Rather than describing what a character is trying to accomplish (being defensive), consider using the verbs that indicate the actions they're taking against other characters (accusing them…
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