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Replacing "and then" with "therefore" or "but".

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You may have heard this advice from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

When you have a set of story beats and you can put the words “and then” between each one– it's going to be boring.

But if you can put the words “but” or “therefore” between each story beat then the events taking place are reacting to each other. The story/plot builds momentum and tension based on everything else that has happened previously. The result is a stronger story.

Just playing around with this idea myself.

Anyone else find it a helpful way to test your plots?

Video: https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/tele ... l?src="vidm"

 
Posted : March 10, 2021 1:29 pm
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