How to Create Story Conflict

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In this video, I explain how to correctly build conflict into a dramatic narrative.
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@TylerMowery 3 года назад

Get Practical Tools to Write Your Great Screenplay: www.practicalscreenwriting.com

@TheItalianScreenwriter 4 года назад

You should be up there with Lesson From The Screenplay mate

@rishikamath6718 4 года назад

He IS up there with LFTS.

@TheItalianScreenwriter 4 года назад

@@rishikamath6718 content quality wise 100%. I was talking about numbers

@nicanornunez9787 3 года назад

He makes lfsp look like a noob, quality level is maybe the best writing channel with quotidian writer.

@DehorseProductions 3 года назад

@@nicanornunez9787 which channel is quotidian??

@cloudynguyen6527 3 года назад

@@DehorseProductions Diane Callahan - Quotidian Writer is the name of the channel. She focuses more on book story writing.

@BehindtheCurtain 4 года назад

Excellent video. Always distilling the most value into your videos and explaining the principles clearly.

@undra133 4 года назад

Crucially helpful knowledge??? For free?! You are a star, Tyler!

@mr.gibson242 4 года назад

Just wanted to say I had absolutely NO CLUE of how to even begin writing a script. It's not been much but after watching about 10 of your videos, I have written about 30 minutes of a drama and plot twist-filled script. Thank you, all the way from The Bahamas!

@Alkay916 4 года назад

Tyler, have you thought about making a video where you sit down and write out a scene or an outline? It would be interesting to see all this advice used in real time. Great vids, thanks

@calebim-th2iq 4 года назад

Dane Heithel he did make the 48 hour screenplay video

@GlaceonStudios 3 года назад

Maybe they mean a livestream.

@JoJo-xp6wr 4 года назад

Although I am not your father or teacher, I feel proud and happy for you, compared to the tone you started on years ago, you are more confident, more informative, the editing is fantastic and the content is just very helpful in our righting process, so thank you Mr. Mowery!

@sumeermalik9127 4 года назад

Hi Tyler, I wanted to thank you so very much for being so considerate enough to share your experiences and every practical advice you have on screenwriting! If it wasn’t for your channel, I genuinely feel that I would struggle to complete my first script! Thanks to the content of your channel and your motivation, I have been able to complete so many scripts for the past four months! Thank you for being a role model of inspiration and kindness for aspiring writers! Continue being an inspiration for all aspiring storytellers and you will always be considered a role model for so many individuals! I hope you and your family are safe, healthy, and happy! Take care and best wishes for all your goals and a very bright future. :-) Sincerely, Sumeer

@TylerMowery 4 года назад

Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad my channel has been so helpful to you!

@thebakerofbananabread3237 4 года назад

Of all your videos this far, this one is by far the one that provides a practical application for conflict

@TylerMowery 4 года назад

Great to hear!

@Nerf_Jeez 3 года назад

Wow Tyler, your mastery of the story pizza shows itself everywhere, huh? 1. Im a normal teenager. 2. But I want to write a story I have on my mind. 3. I go to watch one video on story structure to get closer to writing my story, the video is quite good. 4. Im in the unfamiliar situation of watching a quality storytelling video on youtube, but i get used to that fact as I am watching. 5. I now know the basics of how to structure my story. 6. But I pay a heavy price: Tyler tells us what the next video is about and now I want to see that one too. 7,8. Im still a normal teenager but now I know a bit about story structure.

@JosephParisVisuals 3 года назад

yeh those very addictive quality videos makes me feel I understand and know those theorical concepts. But this is true only if I start writing.

@davidvolpov9247 3 года назад

That's how those pesky RU-vid channels get you hooked

@kb2vca 3 года назад

Nice one, but your joke suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of the meaning of "action". Your "struggle" or conflict is all in your head... and we cannot read your mind or see what is in your head. What is the action you are taking? You watching a video? And how is that action meaningful or interesting to the observer? You want to write - and so you watch a video... and so the conflict is between your need to write and ...? and the action we see is ??? and then what do we see or hear? action is always external - even if the problem is inside the character's head. "Action" is not a metaphor for the writer... it is practical and real. If the cost was that you need to wait to watch another video then need to see that waiting as a cost? How is waiting a cost to you? What is the price you need to pay? Do you "kick the cat" because of your frustration? But then that's the price the cat pays , not you. But your partner or parent sees you kick the cat and now you are forced to confront who you really are or how others see you... so that might be conflicting. Your reader or audience would need to see evidence that you are paying a price by waiting... You seem to be telling but failing to show... and telling , not showing is the novice writer's flaw...

@randomrey6568 4 года назад

Uncut Gems is so underrated, the performance that made me change my perception of Adam Sandler and his talents. Even Tyler gave it a chance so that's even more reason to check it out. And trust when I say the movie will surprise you, It will!

@beekenko2379 4 года назад

We KNEW he could act years ago from PUNCH DRUNKEN-LOVE... but youre right

@user-gg6sh7wr6d 4 года назад

Punch drunk love is a masterpiece

@robadob55 2 года назад

Watch Reign Over Me

@vincentpaul2005 4 года назад

Wow. This helped me realize the many mistakes I’ve done so far in my screenplay. Time to redo it and correct them. Thanks Tyler.

@JunebugPresents 4 года назад

Good job at explaining this to folks. You brought back memories with the Robert McKee quotes. I first read it in 1998. I still refer to it from time to time.

@IvanKasic 4 года назад

Your lessons are incredible! I've learnt more from you than I ever did at school :D

@breevonnebenan794 4 года назад

Filmschool?

@dragonfruit6532 2 года назад

@joshuashakir2772 2 года назад

one of the only channels with worthwhile and professional knowledge that actually teaches. This guy knows what he's doing

@ballwelder2857 4 года назад

The three posters behind you in the intro is Drive, Breaking Bad, and Parasite. You sir have good taste!

@TomEyeTheSFMguy 3 года назад

But what version of parasite? 2019?

@ballwelder2857 3 года назад

Tom Eye The SFM guy yes

@TomEyeTheSFMguy 3 года назад

@@ballwelder2857 k

@dipperdesperado Год назад

these are some of the best videos on not just screenwriting, but storytelling in general. The aesthetics, the examples, everything is just so well taught--thanks a ton for this!

@violetviverson8340 Год назад

I’ve heard a lot of “use cause and effect” but want and cost makes a lot more sense! Cost has a very different connotation than effect

@harvey2558 4 года назад

why doesn't this guy have 5 mil subs

@calebim-th2iq 4 года назад

Matu Harvey you forgot to put a second 5. 55 mil

@film_magician 4 года назад

Don't think any screenwriting channel has 5 million subs.

@calebim-th2iq 4 года назад

FilmMagician exactly

@khakimzhanmiras 3 года назад

@@film_magician I don’t think there are 5 million screenwriters 😂

@almostfamousaheep 4 года назад

Tyler really appreciate your effort and the time you put into these videos. It's only a matter of time before you're channel explodes. Thanks pal.

@Tristanthecinephile 2 года назад

I can't thank you enough Tyler. I'm in the very early stages of writing my first short, and this playlist has been super informational so far. I truly appreciate the work you put in for this stuff. It means a lot.

@ElliotCoen 4 года назад

Looking forward to this, especially seeing Uncut Gems in the video! Thanks, Tyler!

@user-fc8yk9cm6k 3 года назад

I've watched all the videos in the playlist and learned so much! Thanks and keep up! You've done great works!

@ihavenolife7773 4 года назад

This is awesome! You get straight to the point and give a lot of interesting and helpful advice. Thank you so much!

@nisaroberts8607 Год назад

You are a life saver! I have been looking for someone to teach in a methodical way. You cleared up all my questions. You are an amazing teacher full of insight. Thank you.

@npane171 3 года назад

Additionally, on 500 Days of Summer, I think it's more interesting to note that the philosophical conflict Tom really engages is more internal. The movie moves almost chaotically from various days with Summer, without any seeming reason to do so, until you realize the message here is that people who are grieving like Tom typically tell themselves lies and distort reality by using selective thinking. Tom only chooses to reminisce on all the good things about Summer, all the good days he had with Summer, and this in turn drives him further into despair and depression. It isn't until he stops thinking so selectively about his relationship and starts being honest with himself that he realizes Summer really wasn't as great as imagined and she was never as invested as he led himself to believe. There were plenty of instances where they just weren't happy with one another and plenty of signs to telling them it would likely not work in the long run. When he accepts reality, he finally beings to heal - and think that is a solid message, especially for young people who are so apt to behave like Tom when they go through a break up.

@nico_ventolini 4 года назад

Hi, Tyler. I bought your practical screenwriting book since I can't afford the course 😆 But the actionable information in that book was a game-changer in my storytelling. It helped me focus on the core of a story. If I hadn't picked up your book, I wouldn't have known that every element in a story (character, theme, plot, structure) all branches out from the author's philosophical belief. Before this, I had nothing to say. All of the complex themes I've injected into my first draft felt hollow and forced. Now, with this rewrite, my story feels true to who I am, and can't thank you enough for making me realize that. You're the only storytelling instructor/expert who gives the most practical advices to people like me who have no idea how to navigate the craft. I'm loving this video series by the way. 😄

@Thisiscinemalist 4 года назад

A wonderful video as always! Great job Tyler! 🤩👌🏼 Nobody actually appreciates the research and hard work Tyler puts into making these videos. They are so enjoyable and informative. You learn a lot from them at the same time you enjoy watching the video. This is the reason I love your content brother. ✌🏼🙂

@TylerMowery 4 года назад

Thank you!

@ryanmedina5090 4 года назад

This is a really great lesson in creating conflict. I'm not a screenwriter but a novel writer but I really enjoy your videos because the premise is still the same. It's all about the want, result and consequence. One of the things I have also tried incorporating to use the conflict to move the story forward is the Yes, But and No, And idea when stringing scenes together. Did they achieve their goal, yes but consequence. Or Did they achieve their goal, no but now they have bigger problems. That way your conflict resoultion can connect your scenes together and drive your protagonist forward through a logical progression.

@Leto85 4 года назад

Thank you for this clear explanation. I love this series. With next week's episode it will exceeds the amount of parts of your previous series A Guide to Screenwriting. I'm very glad you want to continue this series.

@OirichEntertainment 4 года назад

I am taking notes on this and currently trying to right my own because of you. Thanks!

@markjoseph6243 4 года назад

You know why I love your channel so much? Because you tell more about STORY and less about STORY FOR A MOVIE. I want to learn how to tell a good story, but not for a movie, I want to tell a good story in Vide Games. Video Game is a whole differently media, so of course almost everything change about storytelling, mostly HOW you will use the story. Even so, those essential things that a great story has to be is almost Universal and this channel tells a lot in this regard. So I really want to thank you fo all this help until now. Thank you.

@ammarmaric1834 3 года назад

Tyler you are a legend ! Thank you so much for all of your content , I stopped watching everyone else for writting when I found you. Could you do a detailed video like this about movies like Guy Ritchies Lock stock , snatch and gentlemen where story is about a lot of diffrent characters and there is a lot of sub stories in a big story.

@BadKarma714 4 года назад

This series of videos have been very helpful I’m not a good writer but this gives me more understanding about the writing process for characters and Character arc And the conflicts that they face and have to overcome

@ArabellaKFederico 3 года назад

This was really good! I actually learned something I didn't have a firm grasp on. Thank you!

@njsmithpro 7 месяцев назад

Man your content fuses loads of books. Better than reading them in my opinion. This is absolute value

@marvin6844 4 года назад

Your videos really help put everything together. Great job!

@10Vernonplace 3 года назад

Your videos are the only ones that actually penetrated my brain and I get it!!!!! FINALLY this was excellent

@volcryndarkstar Год назад

I'm using these videos to solidify a workflow for writing my novel. Thank you for the concise and informative videos.

@sarahvandusen2099 3 года назад

I honestly can't believe you don't have more subscribers. Your channel is amazing. Def subbing.

@mrcoal69 3 года назад

this was a great lesson, learned more in one video than a semester in writing class.

@listianocrowe 4 года назад

You're one of my favourite RU-vidrs. I feel you have helped my writing so much and you're so erudite! And you're cute too!

@HelloKimmy 4 года назад

Really interesting and well explained 👏🏼 Good job! Looking forward for the Exposition video 😇

@heroinasytumbas3346 2 года назад

This was super helpful. Thank you for sharing!

@vehementlyflat8503 4 года назад

I'm only two and a half mins in and I'm like -- well this is gold in a youtube video, thank you.

@jboushka 4 года назад

Great exposition/development/recapitulation. My own script doesn't have the clear-cut conflict of the two films he discusses (I've seen them both). My own script also makes heavy use of layered backstories (and backstories would be a good topic for another video.) Tyler's clarity in his presentation is outstanding. I still have to think, as schools and colleges have to go virtual right now, his material has to look interesting. John Fish (talking about books and fiction) and Nate O'Brien (talking about books and wealth planning) do have similar presentation styles on RU-vid (that fit academic use).

@Yessbabyblue 2 года назад

thank you a lot for the work you have put in here.

@snarly7346 4 года назад

You're a wonderful teacher. Thank you for the help.

@AnnoyingMoose 4 года назад

While you cover the same basic ideas as other channels you do so in a way that sticks in the viewer's minds better. Choosing only 2 movies as examples and constantly coming back to them to show how each progresses focuses attention on the concepts instead of the movies themselves. It also helps to see how 2 very different genres have the same basic structures underneath.

@CineGorilla 4 года назад

Great as usual... You are an incredible coach!

@Kishan_Baijnath 4 года назад

You're a blessing.

@francisraj3272 4 года назад

This channel is a Class Act!

@horrorgamestv6564 4 года назад

Great as always! I’m one of your subscribers from Armenia and I really like your content. I’m most likely gonna become a screenwriter or a film director in the future. Now, I have a short film idea in my mind and there I have multiple protagonists. Can you please make a video about how to write stories with multiple protagonists? Cause I saw a comment on one of your videos about that and I’m sure it will be interesting for a lot of people, including me. Btw I’m not hurrying you, do it when you want(or don’t do it if you don’t).

@jocelynv9406 3 года назад

The examples help so much! Thank you

@Ramen_Sensei 4 года назад

Thank you for this!!!! I was stuck on this issue for my story.

@gotogi83 3 года назад

I subbed because of this video, thank you.

@beautyreaccaped5579 Год назад

I really appreciate your work thank you

@theversacelife5232 4 года назад

These videos are really helpful. I’m struggling with a screenplay because I have essentially two main characters. The issue is there’s a Groundhog Day aspect where time restarts from a certain point. And only 1 main character is aware of it. So one main character has a positive change arch throughout the story. And depending on how they act in each time line the second main character develops a different way. This works for the overall Philosophical stakes of the film, but it’s hard to make it fit in traditional story structure.

@fireblaze1580 4 года назад

That sounds like a really intriguing idea! I wish you the best and hope you manage to figure things out as you continue to develop your story!

@ashrayhow5858 4 года назад

Thanks this helped a ton!!!

@thedramaclub2900 2 года назад

Your videos are fantastic brother. 👏👏👏👏❣

@laseptimahabitaciondes.f.l2598 3 года назад

thanks a lot Tyler!

@patricksmith620 4 года назад

Great video as always

@matthewentwistle8284 4 года назад

You should use Inception as an example for one of your future videos. It's got really great characterisation.

@JensGH 3 года назад

Great as always

@bradleyspiteri9808 3 года назад

I have a question. In stories where characters go crazy such as The Shining, do the same guidelines of character beliefs and wants apply? Jack Torrence wasn't taking actions based on philosophical beliefs, but he was being manipulated by the evil of the hotel. The motivation behind his actions isn't his wants, it's the hotel. So does that make Jack a weak character? Tldr; do "crazy" characters still have philosophical beliefs and wants? And how do you write a story about a character who is acting out of mental disturbance rather than philosophical belief?

@saikrishnasaikrishna7 4 года назад

Thank you. Really.

@grahpayy 3 года назад

You should make a video on how to write “moments”

@rahulsubedi16 3 года назад

The scene objective is a little similar to what Eli Kazan mentions in Directors on directing "Every scence has an emotion and cut everything that is not that" it's great how everyone says the same thing but in a different way :)

@vaughngaminghd Год назад

5:08 excellent graphic!

@jinxwithcrazymind Год назад

You're genius brother

@xChikyx 4 года назад

Uncut gems is so fucking good, I'd never felt so accelerated after finishing a movie

@johnnyvalentineparker 3 года назад

Would love for you to breakdown how to write a good shorter length short film (5mins and under)

@user-go2yu4hq5p 3 года назад

So helpful i think

@1xXvInIcIuSXx1 3 года назад

Thank yoou mann

@GawreeDissanayaka 2 месяца назад

Thank you 😊

@nekonori9603 3 года назад

I was watching breaking bad after this vid and the conflicts add up so well, no scene is actually useless

@MP-om9fj 4 года назад

Good shit

@cabbage4891 3 года назад

Can you apply all of this to a novel?

@babypandas7204 4 года назад

What if you're writing a character with a flat arc? How do you then create conflict?

@babypandas7204 3 года назад

@JIM BO thank you so much!

@becomepostal 3 года назад

Interesting.

@johansecolon6908 3 года назад

I will sit and listen to this faster than I would school

@solracv8528 4 года назад

I think breaking bad does these things the best

@harrywu7567 Год назад

Love the thumbnail lmao

@hasratramazanov6092 3 года назад

pls someone name the name of music

@Dealio09 4 года назад

Good morning!

@vigneshchakravarthi1015 4 года назад

Please make one more vedio about writing short film script

@zayng.7553 4 года назад

Does anyone know when Tyler's next stream is for short scripts?

@TomEyeTheSFMguy 3 года назад

Man, I think he stopped after the q&a stream. That sucks, too. I liked watching him read other people's scripts.

@pyramidetrader 3 года назад

thx

@mmafreakful 4 года назад

I have studied the craft of screenwriting from many different sources over 6 years and I have to say you are one of the very best at teaching it with only a very few on your level. check out word dancer.

@mrmarkwoo 3 года назад

@Thair Ramirez Could you please state 1 other RU-vid Channel that's amazing for StoryTelling ? Thair. I would sincerely appreciate your advise.

@thakingofdetroit 2 года назад

Quick question pertaining to scene purpose.Would you consider a scene purely there to provide characterization as moving the story forward?... meaning things that provide characterization outside of the characters wants/needs?....really new to this ...sorry for any misunderstandings.

@calebim-th2iq 4 года назад

19:00 best summary of 500 days of summer

@GriotTHEone 2 года назад

🐐🐐

@willhalls5451 4 года назад

What are some wants and costs aside from power or love please someone reply and give me some examples

@Axel_133 2 года назад

Is it possible that the point of no return is a thing that isn't a result of the main character's decision but a thing that has to happen? For example, I'm planning to write a story where the main character wakes up in a world that isn't his, and he can't go back to his world. Does that count as a point of no return?

@pinakichakraborty8759 Год назад

❤❤❤

@bobharris5093 3 года назад

Dan harmon story circle is just a rehashed version of the hero's journey

@TylerMowery 3 года назад

Nope. I explain here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v3QsRuqz49I.html

@TomEyeTheSFMguy 3 года назад

It's an easier to use storytelling model that takes inspiration from the monomyth.

@nico_ventolini 4 года назад

Okay, so we have a scene objective, and a super objective. But what about the ACT objective? Do they function as milestone markers towards reaching the super objective? Or something else?

@mrmarkwoo 3 года назад

Interesting. I've got the same Question as well

@jonathanm6823 3 года назад

why did u remake these how to series

@pnr2736 2 года назад

✌✌

@wrestlerdude6955 2 года назад

I just realized that Summer completely destroyed Tom's view on love. Because of those "Points of No Return" that drastically changed him when he was with her, it had the negative effect of making his earlier beliefs stronger that there was probably no reason for love. (granted I have to watch the movie. I think I picked up quite a bit of the premise just from watching this video though)