Will the hero do the right thing, and will he do it in time?
– John Truby, Anatomy of Story, p125.
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The Moment of Revelation (part 4)
“The moment of revelation should trigger the hero to take new moral action immediately, proving that the revelation is real and has profoundly changed him.”
– John Truby, Anatomy of Story, p85
The Moment of Revelation (part 3)
“The moment of revelation should be new information for the hero: he must see, for the first time, that he has been living a lie about himself and that he has hurt others.”
– John Truby, Anatomy of Story, p85
The Moment of Revelation (part 2)
“The moment of revelation should create a sudden burst of emotion for the audience as they share the realization with the hero.”
– John Truby, Anatomy of Story, p85
The Moment of Revelation (part 1)
“The moment of revelation should be sudden, so that it has maximum dramatic force for the hero and the audience.”
– John Truby, Anatomy of Story, p85
Revelation / Set-Up
“Remember, the self-revelation is made possible at the beginning of the story. This means that a good self-revelation has two parts: the revelation itself and the set-up.”
John Truby, Anatomy of Story p85
Your hero’s development
“Your hero’s development depends on what beliefs he starts with, how he challenges them, and how they have changed by the end of the story. This is one of the ways you can make the story uniquely yours.”
– John Truby, Anatomy of Story, p81
True Character Change
“True character change involves a challenging and changing of basic beliefs, leading to new moral action by the hero.”
– John Truby, Anatomy of Story, p85
Your hero’s beliefs
“In a good story, as the hero goes after a goal, he is forced to challenge his most deep-seated beliefs.”
John Truby, Anatomy of Story.
Is your hero wrong?
“Showing the hero’s motive to the audience doesn’t mean showing it to the hero. Often the hero is initially wrong about his true reason for going after the goal and does not discover his real motive until the end of the story, at the self-revelation.”
– John Truby, Anatomy of Story (p77)
