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Section Five

Chapter 21
Using the Plot Sequence Report

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Dramatica for Screenwriters by Armando Saldaña Mora

Besides, using it is neither controversial nor impenetrable.  We just have to follow these three, simple, progressive steps:

  • Encode the Signposts.

  • From the Signposts material, draw the General Concept for the scenes.

  • From this General Concept, create the Actual Scenes.

Let's see how this works:

Suppose we're writing a SciFi/Social Drama/Satire about personal computers that suddenly start to develop a soul.

We begin our project by working on the story in general and getting a broad knowledge of our plot.  Then we encode the Signposts, we order them in Acts, and we give them a dramatic flow that reflects the story we want to tell. 

 

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