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Warren
Posted: May 22nd, 2019, 8:54pm Report to Moderator
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In a moment of absolute writer's block I looked up dramatic life events to give me some kind of inspiration and I stumbled across this --

"The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance."

I imagine there are be more than 36 and I'm probably just late to this information, but I thought it was a great list and it definitely managed to get the creative juices flowing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirty-Six_Dramatic_Situations

Sounds like a pretty good script title as well, I call dibs  



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DustinBowcot
Posted: May 23rd, 2019, 3:29am Report to Moderator
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I haven't looked at this as I already have plenty of creative juice. However, it might come in handy in the future. Thanks for sharing and wanting to help out. Very decent of you.
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Thanks for pointing out this neat resource.


Quoted from Warren
I imagine there are be more than 36


Yes, I don’t see “Hyperdrive fails” or “Monster mistaken for dead” on the list  


Feature-length scripts:
Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
Glass House (Horror anthology)

TV pilots:
"Kord" (Fantasy)
"Mal Suerte" (Superhero)

Additional scripts are listed here.
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eldave1
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Thanks for sharing the link - twas interesting



My Scripts can all be seen here:

https://dlambertson.wixsite.com/scripts
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Was going to merge threads but decided just to add these complimentary links as this theme/the 36, the 5, etc., comes up every now and again:

From The Screenwriting Palette (Sticky) Thanks to George W.
http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-screenwrite/m-1132968707

Story Beats Myth Template Heroes Journey
https://www.simplyscripts.net/.....tic+situations/#num5

Five key turning points
https://www.storymastery.com/story/screenplay-structure-five-key-turning-points-successful-scripts/

Structure a successful story
http://www.kalbashir.com/

Thanks for the refresher, Warren. Good tips perhaps for the Tournament coming up too.  



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