My Theme and Conflict Cheat Sheet

Here's a quick video showing you the cheat sheet and worksheet I put together for building theme and conflict for my stories!
The books I mentioned:
Story by Robert McKee
Anatomy of Story by John Truby
Also mentioned: • How to Write THEME Int...
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[@josh032687]

Thank you for this video. I am about 2/3 of the way through my second movie script and after watching this I am realizing that my discontent with my story is stemming from my characters opposing forces related to the theme. Great work you are doing Madeline! Keep it up!

[@76kilosofshade81]

This is a pretty neat idea. Thanks for showing it! I'm always amazed by how much detail you planners 😄 can go into while I'm out here just making it all up as I go along. (I do like a good reverse outline/story grid after drafting, however.)

[@madelinejameswrites]

Yeah it's so fascinating how different people work! Like I have a lot of trouble thinking about this kind of stuff while I'm writing, and it really makes me feel stuck. But other people feel a lot more free without all the restrictions before hand and can come up with ideas when they just go for it.

[@76kilosofshade81]

@@madelinejameswrites yes, I love the freedom of seeing what the characters "want to do" within my story framework and then going back in to corral them better once they're done 🤣

[@bookishsyd6077]

I've been meaning to make myself a cheat sheet for various aspects of my story, too! Just something that, like you said, I can refer back to to make sure everything makes sense, even in the first draft. I'm also pretty bad at themes (and stakes, but that's a different can of worms), so this could help me majorly. Thanks for the video!

[@madelinejameswrites]

Absolutely! Making the cheat sheets has been so helpful! I just finished making a bunch of character ones that I'll hopefully be sharing too ☺️ I just need to decide if I'm going to put copies on my website or something if people want to use them.

[@dalellll]

exactly something i need, thank you so much

[@madelinejameswrites]

Glad it helped!