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Rule 19 reads: > 19. Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating. The rule means basically what you
by morley 9y ago
Rule 19 reads:
> 19. Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.
The rule means basically what you said. "To get characters into trouble" means basically the first third of a movie or so, or the point in the movie that "kicks the action off". So I'm not sure what in that rule can be reasonably disagreed with.
- MrLeap 9y agoI feel like a reasonable man. I was writing about a nuance, a restraint on the unqualified use of the word "great". Now you've given me a thought experiment. How to give a treaty of versailles treatment to a rant about TV shows.