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The purpose of giving you a phrase
The purpose of giving you a phrase
('Love is shown more in deeds than words'),
('Love is shown more in deeds than words'),
is to provide you with your Core Idea or Moral Argument,
is to provide you with your Core Idea or Moral Argument,
and a subject to explore,
and a subject to explore,
to which you can apply themes from your ME List,
to which you can apply themes from your ME List,
out of which you can develop an original
out of which you can develop an original
and personally interesting concept.
and personally interesting concept.
Quickly.
Quickly.
Loas Egri
John Truby
Laos Egri founded the Egri School of Writing in New York in 1939 and wrote screenplays for the Hollywood film industry.
Laos Egri founded the Egri School of Writing in New York in 1939 and wrote screenplays for the Hollywood film industry.
Egri proposed that the premise or Core Idea for Romeo and Juliet is 'Great Love Defies Even Death',
Egri proposed that the premise or Core Idea for Romeo and Juliet is 'Great Love Defies Even Death',
King Lear is 'Blind trust Leads to Destruction'
King Lear is 'Blind trust Leads to Destruction'
and Macbeth is 'Ruthless Ambition Leads to it's own Destruction'.
and Macbeth is 'Ruthless Ambition Leads to it's own Destruction'.
As you can see these sentences are very much like Proverbs.
As you can see these sentences are very much like Proverbs.
And each of those plays/stories function to convey those Core Ideas or 'Moral Arguments'.
And each of those plays/stories function to convey those Core Ideas or 'Moral Arguments'.
John Truby is one of the most highly regarded Script Consultants in the film industry.
John Truby is one of the most highly regarded Script Consultants in the film industry.
Truby states that "The first step in making an argument of action is to condense your theme to a single line. The theme line is your view about right and wrong actions and what those actions do to a person's life".
Truby states that "The first step in making an argument of action is to condense your theme to a single line. The theme line is your view about right and wrong actions and what those actions do to a person's life".
Truby calls this single theme line your 'Moral Argument'.
Truby calls this single theme line your 'Moral Argument'.
As you can see different people call the main idea of a story different things - We are from now on going to simply refer to it as your Core Idea.
As you can see different people call the main idea of a story different things - We are from now on going to simply refer to it as your Core Idea.
A Core Idea can work like a proverb, and so proverbs, or poignant 'true'isms', can act as a useful starting-point for stories.
A Core Idea can work like a proverb, and so proverbs, or poignant 'true'isms', can act as a useful starting-point for stories.
For future note, here are a few that I have collected - help yourself:
For future note, here are a few that I have collected - help yourself:
Please NOTE:
These are statements that I have collected because they provoke a reaction in me, they are not necessarily my personal views.
Proverb & True'ism examples
Proverb & True'ism examples
"How can you hide from what never goes away?" Heraclitus
"How can you hide from what never goes away?" Heraclitus
"When the devil waged war in the heavans, even angels had to fall." Chokshi
"When the devil waged war in the heavans, even angels had to fall." Chokshi
"Hope is a desperate man's currency." Paul Tremblay
"Hope is a desperate man's currency." Paul Tremblay
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth." Mike Tyson
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth." Mike Tyson
"The best fruit is not what falls, but what you have to reach for." Hoss Cartwright
"The best fruit is not what falls, but what you have to reach for." Hoss Cartwright
"Sometimes good things fall apart, so that better things can fall together."
"Sometimes good things fall apart, so that better things can fall together."
Marylin Monroe
Marylin Monroe
"I know my friends, and they are few. But those few I have, I would die for." Amie Kaufman
"I know my friends, and they are few. But those few I have, I would die for." Amie Kaufman
"Looking back isn't going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do." McKayla Maroney
"Looking back isn't going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do." McKayla Maroney
"To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly, no exceptions, no excuses." William James
"To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly, no exceptions, no excuses." William James
"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity." Robert Anthony
"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity." Robert Anthony
"Fear can keep a man out of danger but courage only can support him in it." Thomas Fuller
"Fear can keep a man out of danger but courage only can support him in it." Thomas Fuller
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man but he is braver five minutes longer." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man but he is braver five minutes longer." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Raw courage is when you know you are licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
"Raw courage is when you know you are licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
Harper Lee
Harper Lee
"Who is mighty, he who makes an enemy into a friend." Hebrew
"Who is mighty, he who makes an enemy into a friend." Hebrew
"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." Henry David Thoreau
"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." Henry David Thoreau
"If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery." Lykke Li
"If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery." Lykke Li
"You never find yourself until you face the truth." Pearl Bailey
"You never find yourself until you face the truth." Pearl Bailey
"The greatest love stories go untold, don't they?" Saim A. Cheeda
"The greatest love stories go untold, don't they?" Saim A. Cheeda
"I could live without you, but I wouldn't want to." Suzanne Enock
"I could live without you, but I wouldn't want to." Suzanne Enock
"One's destination is never a place,
"One's destination is never a place,
but a new way of seeing things."
but a new way of seeing things."
Henry Miller
Henry Miller
"Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on it's head." Serj Tankian
"Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on it's head." Serj Tankian
"Awareness without action is worthless." Phil McGraw
"Awareness without action is worthless." Phil McGraw
"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of land." Andre Gide
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of land." Andre Gide
"Being an artist means
"Being an artist means
not having to avert one's eyes."
not having to avert one's eyes."
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Elliot
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Elliot
"I learned that courage was not the fear but the triumph over it.
"I learned that courage was not the fear but the triumph over it.
"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." Nelson Mandela
"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." Nelson Mandela
"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts,
"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts,
temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts." Aristotle
temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts." Aristotle
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