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Author (#1 Amazon Best Seller in Film & TV, "The Protagonist's Journey"), Screenwriter (K-9, Alaska, Trojan War), Host (http://GoIntoTheStory.com, official Black List screenwriting blog), Associate Professor of screenwriting (DePaul University film school)
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But if by "torturing" your Protagonist, they end up discovering who they are meant to be ... go through a transformation from Disunity to Unity ... then all that pain and suffering is worth it, yes? J. Campbell: "Destruction before creation."
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Exactly, Jessica. Brainstorming is where we can meet our story's characters amidst their daily lives. We hear them.Watch them. Interact with them. What we learn about them when brainstorming informs and directly shapes the plot. But sure, let's put AI in *between* us and our characters. Genius! Not!