ABSTRACT

The meaning of the story, the point of it, is the writer's domain. And the last word comes at the end. It is important to recognize the significance of this few hundred words and make them count. In other words, the important thing is the love and a character's growth in terms of love. What people are after here is big emotion. Whether the audience sheds a tear of joy or tears of heartbreak or laughs with delight, they need to feel it here and it's the job to create that emotional response. One of the tricks that screenwriters know is that there is a rule of physics in which the number of words spoken counterbalances the level of emotion elicited in a scene. If the screenwriters work with all four elements of great love stories, it will be clear to them how to end. If the buildup is right, the Throwdown is inevitable. Or the heartbreak.