Impressive failure — the key to screenwriting and parenting

Orik gets an "A" for effort. #baby #rollingover

A post shared by Tim DeRoche (@huckandmiguel) on Jul 21, 2018 at 6:23pm PDT

 

One of my screenwriting teachers turned me onto this idea of impressive failure as an important tool in getting your audience to bond with the protagonist of your film.  Think of Luke Skywalker and all the ways he fails in the first hour of Star Wars…

Tries and fails to convince his uncle to let him join the Rebellion Tries and fails to rescue the droids fr...