[adamgordonbell]

Very cool!

I never read poetics, but merely heard Aaron Sorkin explain it in his master class. But he was big on it, and explained it was "objective + obstacle = conflict."

Sorkin said he loves court rooms for the reason that the aristotelian(sp?) story structure is so legible. Sports movies I guess would also fit into that.

I'm sure its too simple for your goals, but for a lay person understanding of why a story works: "Someone wants something, pursues it and then meets resistance." is a great summary. Much more general than the hero's journey.

Good luck with your project.

[phaedrus044]

Usually when you are defining the character arcs, you'd set the goals, drive motivation for each of them. At the end of the story is about the characters. We have something called Character Presence, that does that breakdown, to ensure that's solid. The story is the wrapper around that, setting momentum and pace.

You are spot on.