OS Problem and Options
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 9:23 am
Hi,
I'd love to get answers from Chris on this, but this is open to anyone.
1. OS Problem - I used to assume the OS problem was expressed from a single source, probably the antagonist, and automatically expressed in the Act Turns. Now, I see it as expressed by the three or four [archetypal] characters.
That leaves the Story Driver, which I assumed to link with the signpost types. You mentioned in this forum that this isn't necessarily the standard.
2. Options - I am still vague on options structurally. Could many of the options come at once in the last Act, if need be? Is there something structurally that would tie an option to an Act that's not close to the climax? Now, I've figured out that the protagonist or antagonist doesn't have exclusivity on the optionlock. One example is The Secret of My Success, where several characters (boss, Michael J. Fox's character, and boss' wife) are trying to do their own concerns with their own options.
I'd love to get answers from Chris on this, but this is open to anyone.
1. OS Problem - I used to assume the OS problem was expressed from a single source, probably the antagonist, and automatically expressed in the Act Turns. Now, I see it as expressed by the three or four [archetypal] characters.
That leaves the Story Driver, which I assumed to link with the signpost types. You mentioned in this forum that this isn't necessarily the standard.
2. Options - I am still vague on options structurally. Could many of the options come at once in the last Act, if need be? Is there something structurally that would tie an option to an Act that's not close to the climax? Now, I've figured out that the protagonist or antagonist doesn't have exclusivity on the optionlock. One example is The Secret of My Success, where several characters (boss, Michael J. Fox's character, and boss' wife) are trying to do their own concerns with their own options.