Try Again... Never Again

Improvement to the Three Little Pig's Sequel, needs to be done. The words "Never again" were resonating in my head. Dialogue is important, especially when you are creating a story out of 500 words. It needs to be concise and to the point.

We don't need to be Barton Finks

The wolf's story in The Three Little Pig's, also needs to be fleshed out more. He needs to have more of a redemption if you will. His character onion needs to be peeled back, so his inner conflict can be revealed to the audience, and how he overcomes his inner conflict. If the wolf wants forgiveness from the three little pigs like he does in my story, he needs to earn their trust. This all can be worked through dialogue.

Ways to Improve Dialogue:

• Read aloud
• No long passages
• A voice
• Distinctive dialogue- give each a character
• Get into the character(s)
• Speak the character's language
• Habitual phrases
• Cut dialogue that doesn't have a purpose
• Listen to people talk
• Model others
• Avoid stereotypes
• Stay away from slang

Creative Talk

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The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
— Henry David Thoreau

We talked in class about dialogue, character development and how to be creative in story making.
We watched the clip from Full Metal Jack where Sgt. Hartman breaks down his newborn army men. Pvt. Joker and Pvt. Pyle are two men that become victims to Hartman's slander. They later become significant characters in the film.

The audience falls victim to Hartman's slander

Dialog is important to a story. It helps the reader have a sense of direction to the story and also helps engage the reader. Often times when a story is only narrative, the reader becomes bored. Dialog helps give a life to each character.

ExPaNd YOUR MiNd.

Stories and all thier glory

We learned in class that a story means a recipe blue print. According to Joel Jenkins, there are 10 types of stories that we gather creativity from.

• The Romance
• The Success/Failure
• The Cinderella
• The Conversion
• The Sacrafice
• The Family
• The Triangle (similar to the Romance story)
• The Return of the Protagonist
• The Crime and Punishment
• The Heroic

Creativity is the key to success in choosing a story type and carrying out new ideas for that story. In order to come up with a unique story that is not overdone, we must use our right brain power.

The message of a story is vital. When the message lacks strength, the whole story will crumble and the audience will lose interest. As writers we must overcome our writer's block, and our laziness to dig deep into the creativity we posses as human beings.

The Sequel to The Three Little Pigs

We have been discussing The Three Little Pig story in class, and how to continue the story as a sequel. At first, my reaction was... really? I liked the story as a child, but I didn't love it. As every body's ideas came together in class, it seemed like the sequel we came up with was pretty creative and psychologically interesting. Paying attention to the 3 Act Structure and the Beat sheet, this is what we masterminded:

The Big bad Wolf is the protagonist
The monkey is the antagonist (new character)
The Three Little Pigs- brick pig, stick pig, and straw pig are the original characters that reveal more layers about themselves, as well as the wolf.
The wolf has an addiction to pork that he must overcome- an internal conflict. While the Monkey's goal is to keep the wolf addicted and gain control by acting like the wolf's friend.

Ever heard of the saying "Monkey on your back?"

Goal: Write a draft of the sequel to The Three Little Pigs story in 500 words max.





Story Structure

"If you constantly let the self antagonist win, your character does not grow." -Joel Jenkins

When creating stories there is a structure:

The 3 Act Structure which resembles a baseball diamond.

Hook- Grabs the audiences attention.

Introduction- Begins with protagonist or antagonist and the back story or internal conflict.

1st Act Break- Break in the protagonist's story.

2nd Act Break- BAD

3rd Act Break- WORSE

The external conflict cannot be defeated until the internal conflict is defeated.

An antagonisit's dream

Is to take power over the protagonist in a story.

One antagonist that is the most powerful, is yourself.  There is always that little voice in your head that is telling you what to do or what not to do when asking yourself a question.

A good story with a self antagonist, is in the psychological thriller Black Swan. Nina (Natalie Portman) is her own worst enemy. "The only person standing in your way is you."

So what happens to a story when the antagonist is yourself? In this case, both the protagonist and the antagonist die. This plays into that deep dark psyche we have as human beings. We as humans have the capability of making ourselves, our own worst enemy.