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The Eight Passes

Review for structure
Review for conflict
Review descriptive paragraphs
Review for protagonists dialogue
Review for antagonists dialogue
Review for supporting characters dialogue
Review for cuts
Review for presentation
The Main Story
The ordinary life of the character - Platoon
The inciting incident 3:10 to Yuma
The end of act I goal and plan 3:10 to
Yuma
The midpoint 3:10 to Yuma
The low point In Good Company
The final challenge About a Boy
The return to the now changed forever
normal life About a Boy
Review of the 7 Points
The Main Story
The Emotional Story
The Personal Growth Story
The Antagonists Story
Your story
Exercise
Write the seven points of your main story.
Write the seven points of the emotional
story.
Write the seven points of the antagonists
story.
Your Central Character
The physiology
The sociology
The psychology THE FLAW
How is the character reflected in his/her
dialogue.
What is your characters earliest memory expressed
in his/her language?
How did god create the world, or how was it
created expressed in his/her language?
What is the defining line or your character?
Your antagonist
The physiology
The sociology
The psychology
The HUMAN QUALITY
What is your antagonists defining line?
Describe a recent dream in one line or
less of your antagonist in his/her
language?
The Scene

Scene structure
Conflict
Goals
Emotions
Conflict
Looking for Cuts
Taking out scenes that dont move the
story or illuminate character
Taking out scenes that dont have conflict
Cutting heads and tails of scenes. Leaving
out the final challenge (Can you do that?)
The Presentation
The Mercedes Benz theory
Checking for spelling
Checking for punctuation
Checking for grammar
The Rewrite Plan
Write a bio of the protagonist in his/her
language
Write a bio of the antagonist in his/her
language
Re-read the script, taking notes on all the
subjects above
Do a new beatsheet add new scenes, cut old
ones that dont work
Write new pages or rewrite old ones from the
beginning.
Reread the script taking notes on all the
subjects above.