LOW to HIGH - CHARACTER - Screenwriting

When your writing a screenplay, have you ever considered this idea?

You're character is at a LOW or HIGH point in their life at the beginning.

Think about that and show it.

You can structure a story as such:

LOW-HIGH-LOW-HIGH

LOW-HIGH

LOW-LOWER

HIGH-HIGHER (probably a boring movie)

What's also interesting is that while the stakes are getting higher and you are developing the rising action you are also developing this undulating HIGH to  LOW to HIGH to LOW etc.


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The opening scenes setup that your character is in a low point of their life.  They suck at their job, they suck at their relationships, they suck at the way they see themselves.

Your closing scenes will show the opposite.