June 11th, 2012 at 11:08PM
thepenguinpress: A Few of Pixar’s Rules for Telling a Good Story:  #6: What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal? #8: Finish your story, let go even if it’s not perfect. In an ideal world you have both, but move on. Do better next time. #9: When you’re stuck, make a list of what WOULDN’T happen next. Lots of times the material to get you unstuck will show up. #10: Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is a part of you; you’ve got to recognize it before you can use it. #19: Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating. Read the rest. (hat tip to Kottke)

thepenguinpress:

A Few of Pixar’s Rules for Telling a Good Story: 

#6: What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal?

#8: Finish your story, let go even if it’s not perfect. In an ideal world you have both, but move on. Do better next time.

#9: When you’re stuck, make a list of what WOULDN’T happen next. Lots of times the material to get you unstuck will show up.

#10: Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is a part of you; you’ve got to recognize it before you can use it.

#19: Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.

Read the rest. (hat tip to Kottke)

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