That moment when a plan for collective enrichment pivots to personal greed. When possible riches turn into actual wealth, the change happens. One third of a fortune doesn’t look as good as a whole fortune.
Also worth considering: relationship triangles.1 When you look at the dynamic between three characters, you can think about their relationship as forming a triangle based on how they feel about each other.
If all three characters have the same connection, it’s an equilateral triangle. If two are emotionally closer together (or their goals are more in sync) than the other one, it stretches that triangle with one point further away. And that distance can shift at any moment as you work with different pairings of characters and different interpersonal conflicts.
What shape is the triangle in now, and what shape will it be in after this scene? It’s a good mental visual for how character relationships motivate story choices (and vice versa).
- I picked this up from a class taught by Kim Costello at Boston University. A real brainworm of an idea that’s stuck with me. âŠī¸
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