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Heaps&quot; (series of actions)<\/em> &#8211; Dominoes.\u00a0 What Actions lead to a following action, which in turn leads to yet another action?<\/li>\n<li><em>Forwards<\/em> &ndash; Arouses audience interest in things yet to come.<\/li>\n<li><em>Opposing Forces<\/em> &ndash; Identify the forces attempting to dominate in the world of the play<\/li>\n<li><em>Conflict<\/em> &ndash; The want of the major character\/s <strong>VS.<\/strong> the obstacle\/s<\/li>\n<li><em>Climax<\/em> &ndash; The moment when the opposing forces reach their critical mass and a resolution is formed.\u00a0 The reversal.<\/li>\n<li><em>Denouement <\/em>&ndash; The final unraveling or solution to the plot<\/li>\n<li><em>New Stasis<\/em> &#8211; Where does the world end up?\u00a0 Where does the movement stop until the next intrusion comes along?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>CHARACTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Character(s) Motivation &ndash; <\/em>What do they want in a big bad way?\u00a0 Their desire<\/li>\n<li><em>Obstacles &ndash; 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Point of Attack &ndash; the place where the play starts and why it specifically starts there Exposition &ndash; When\/Where is it delivered and by whom?\u00a0 Who know what &amp; who doesn&#39;t? &quot;Triggers &amp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/backward-forwards-notes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backward &amp; Forwards Notes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}