Thats a great idea to highlight the various approaches to writing. I am currently reading blake synder book "Save The Cat". Being new to screenwriting, its been the best book i have read to date outside of Mckee's "Story".

Yes yes yes -- this is exactly how I work, even down to the page counts!

I've read GALAHAD. It's fantastic, and I wish I knew how to contact Condal and let him know how much I loved it, and how thrilling it is to know we use the same writing approach.

Great follow-up, Scott!

(PS @ 305: Great book -- I blended Snyder's beat sheat with the sequence approach, and together they're a powerful combo.)

I would love to make that work for my Forest of Glass" script now, but I fear it is a bit too late in the game for that to work. My next script, though, I will certainly do that.

Unless...now that I think about it, I my have accidentally used the sequence approach, or a very crude form of it, in my script. Hmmm...

While I'm somewhat familiar with the sequence approach and several other approaches (Snyder, Truby, Vogler, etc.) that quite sensibly advocate breaking up the screenplay into smaller parts than Act I, Act II and Act III, what I like about Condal's description of writing sequences is the inclusion of the mini-goal for the protagonist. It's like having a minor dramatic question that plays out for the protagonist each 12-15 pages. That's neat. I'll be going back through the current script I'm working on and seeing if I can use that to strengthen the structure.

Thanks for highlighting the interview, Scott.

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