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well, Parker and Stone explained that as they storyboard each scene in their show, they have found that they must be able to connect the scenes (they refer to them as beats) with a but or a therefore for the next scene to work. If the words and then can be placed between any two scenes, Parker says, "You're fucked.
Matt Stone says it's this "causation between each scene that makes a story." This happens, therefore that happens, but then this happens, therefore that happens.
Storyworthy
Matthew Dicks and Dan Kennedy
Life is like a book that you are writing and reading at the same time. You might have a plan for how it turns out. But for it to be a great book, it needs to be savored and chewed and digested along the way, like a book you read that changes your life. And you have to prepare for a plot twist and maybe two or three.
Wild Problems
Russ Roberts
He created an emotion-triggering visual image (Rosie O’Donnell) that sucked all the attention from the question to the answer, and it wasn’t even a real answer. Our visual sense is the most persuasive of our five senses, so using a real person whom we recognize, and can imagine, is a great technique. He also picked a personality who was sure to trigger the emotions of his base. Republicans generally don’t like Rosie O’Donnell because of her outspoken liberal views.
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