What's the difference between the "all is lost" moment and the disaster after the false victory? Don't you need some kind of victory before the "all is lost" moment ? Otherwise you can't really reverse it, can you? Also, do your books expand upon all of this?
I don't really like the term "all is lost" moment. It's both too narrow and at the same time too vague. You might hear people trying to call any low moment an "all is lost." Really, the key difference between the Dark/Spark and the False Victory is simply whether we're sent into Act 3 with the emotions reversing from down to up, or up to down. But both are equally effective. My book Screenwriting Down to the Atoms has about the same info I share here.
I'm only commenting to be the first one to do so. That said, I do enjoy everything you have to say.
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Thank you so much!
This is the best story structure series out there. I hope you introduce yourself in Japanese next time.
Thanks for the comment. As strange as it sounds, the only Japanese phrase I've ever been able to remember is "Anata wa utsukushī."
What's the difference between the "all is lost" moment and the disaster after the false victory? Don't you need some kind of victory before the "all is lost" moment ? Otherwise you can't really reverse it, can you?
Also, do your books expand upon all of this?
I don't really like the term "all is lost" moment. It's both too narrow and at the same time too vague. You might hear people trying to call any low moment an "all is lost." Really, the key difference between the Dark/Spark and the False Victory is simply whether we're sent into Act 3 with the emotions reversing from down to up, or up to down. But both are equally effective. My book Screenwriting Down to the Atoms has about the same info I share here.