How to Write NONVIOLENT Conflict (Writing Advice)

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Learn how to create nonviolent conflict in a story. Examples from Game of Thrones, The Godfather, Little Miss Sunshine, The Graduate, and more!
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@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Please keep in mind that when I discuss certain stories/characters, I may oversimplify things. For instance, if I say that a character values one particular thing, they might also have other important values beyond that. Conflict can often get messy, but I tried to keep things simple in this video. Thanks for watching!

@MovieTalker21 3 месяца назад

Can you show us good and bad nonviolent conflicts?

@LordBaktor 3 месяца назад

You didn't say "Get ready!" so I watched the whole video unprepared.

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Haha I opted to cut the intro today because I basically repeated myself shortly afterward. Hope you were able to settle in!

@Ivotas 3 месяца назад

Dude, this such an underrated comment. I'm happy to see that Brandon appreciates the joke.^^

@LordBaktor 3 месяца назад

@@Ivotas Brandon's probably sick of the "Get ready" jokes by now but I couldn't resist subjecting him to one more.

@ItsNotAXylophone 3 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂

@siegfriedmordrake3229 3 месяца назад

Best comment of this video 😂

@mathiaspoelman1493 3 месяца назад

Tyrion bellowing against what seemed the entirety of King's Landing for reportedly murdering Joffrey was one of the best non-violent conflicts I have ever seen

@siegfriedmordrake3229 3 месяца назад

Physically maybe but his whole monologue is pure blind violence. It's brilliant

@mathiaspoelman1493 3 месяца назад

@@siegfriedmordrake3229 absolutely

@Terastas 3 месяца назад

There was a lot I didn't like about GoT, but "That was a threat. See the difference?" balanced it all out for a very long time.

@justaneditygangstar 3 месяца назад

Chicanery is also up there as well

@ricardoberrios6137 3 месяца назад

I love the episode in Breaking Bad were they get stranded in the desert, the conflict is basically against nature but also between Walt and Jesse due to the stress of the situation

@ludovico6890 3 месяца назад

I often find non-violent conflicts the most interesting things about a story, even action movies and crime fiction. Without these kinds of conflicts, the rest would be pest control.

@berry186 3 месяца назад

Video suggestions (only if you want to): - a character on a bucket list trip. - killing off a beloved character. - how to get your character out of a corner that you accidentally wrote them in. - rags to riches or riches to rags. - grand marriage proposals or weddings. - types of (romantic or otherwise) gestures you love/hate/cringe.

@wynautwarrior2161 3 месяца назад

I really hope we get your third and fourth suggestion! Those are good ones!

@berry186 3 месяца назад

@@wynautwarrior2161 Thanks.

@julietardos5044 3 месяца назад

Killing off a beloved character would be very good. It's more common than you might guess. The Martian is full of examples of getting your character out of corners the author wrote him into. Andy Weir wrote the book serially by putting Mark into situations and then having to come up with a way to get him out every time. Serials used to be a common way for authors to write a full novel, a chapter at a time in the newspaper. The Martian was not printed in a newspaper, but same idea.

@mustavogaia2655 Месяц назад

Why not adding all up: "spoiler alert: supposedly" terminally ill character needs money to go tfor bucket list, characters' 4th generation family business, is on verge of collapse as a merger offer doesnt goes thru - the company wouldnt survive another quarter, the character werent expect to survive as muhc either. After character's companion's death, In a first act of selfishnessm character cleans the company's account - maybe 2-3 payrolls - and goes on the bucet list trip. Character tries to avoid the only item on the list that matter - recoonecting with past unfulfilled lover - who got back to the town the character just fled with the company's money. KInd of "Its is a wonderful life" but in reverse. Not sure if it would win all the awards or kill cinema forever, but it seems a worhty writing exercise.

@PurpleSun8933 3 месяца назад

4:35 also, she eventually became the very thing she hated so much. The terminator, when she goes for Dyson. Beautiful conflict.

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Great point. I would've loved to have gone into greater detail with T2. Maybe in a future video on character flaws/development

@trikebeatstrexnodiff 3 месяца назад

I think combining non-violent conflict with the philosophical stake of the story is one of the best ways one could tie the things up. especially with character vs self (internal conflict), and now thinking, Little Miss Sunhine's climax can fit under this category. Gosh I love that film so much and thank you for this video!

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! And LMS's climactic scene is some powerful stuff

@user-tg2vy8qj6n 3 месяца назад

each main character in LMS has their own little seperate climax but Dwayne's climax suits the most to the situation you described. many screenplays get rejected due to lack of philosophical conflict and it's so refreshing to see not only a comment about it but also about how to intertwine it with another element 😭

@premium_chicken_nuggy 3 месяца назад

My favorite non-violent scene is the "Knowledge is Power" scene between Cercei and Littlefinger in S2 of GOT. Littlefinger has the balls to threaten Cercei with revealing her secret relationship with her brother Jaime, who is the real father of King Joffery Baratheon, and not Robert. But Cercei retorts by commanding her soldiers to "cut his throat", while changing her mind in an instant and commands her soldiers to turn around while she tells Littlefinger: "Power is power". That scene is so much fun.

@say5070 3 месяца назад

This is a fantastic example of that to me. It established Littlefinger as a knowledgeable character, able to be one of the first characters to make this discovery that we as the audience already know, and then establishes the character of Cersei by not having her bend to his whims but instead show Littlefinger how insignificant he and all of his knowledge really is. Loved it.

@KeysofIDproductions 3 месяца назад

Favorite non-violent conflict is the infamous "you can't handle the truth" scene from A Few Good Men. The back and forth between Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson is stellar acting.

@sny8696 3 месяца назад

Almost every scene with Jinx in "arcane" involves internal conflict... the last 15 minutes of season 1 were amazing, they involve a lot of conflict and I think everybody should watch this series

@siegfriedmordrake3229 3 месяца назад

This whole show is a masterclass about how to build world, characters and story

@Alexey65536 3 месяца назад

But then again it's Jinx, so internal conflict for her instantly becomes external conflict for everyone else :)

@Minceraft69 3 месяца назад

@@Alexey65536 "everybody wants to be my enemy"!

@SaucyLiving 3 месяца назад

Game of Thrones and the Sopranos are filled with nonviolent conflict. I rewatch clips of those shows quite often and it's almost never about physical violence. Just amazing dialog.

@nl396 3 месяца назад

A Man For All Seasons (1966). Sir Thomas More is visited by Henry VIII who wants him to support his divorce. Thomas won't because it goes against his devotion to God and Henry threatens him before leaving. "I have no queen! Catherine's not my wife! No priest can make her so! They that say she is my wife are not only liars but traitors!"

@shikishinobi 3 месяца назад

Some useful ideas in there to open up my writing a bit. Personally I like verbal battles that happen while other people think it is all in good humour. Two characters back and forth subtly and everyone laughs because funny.

@andysimmons2648 3 месяца назад

For a good non-violent scene in a movie, I always think of when John McClean and Hans Gruber meet. The back and forth between them is excellently written, forwards the plot and helps showcase their characters. It’s also a bit of relief after the action-heavy tension throughout the film.

@matthewmoroney1840 3 месяца назад

When Tywin sends Joffrey to bed

@racheltheradiant4675 3 месяца назад

The whole scene in the Bank in Mary Poppins is a favorite. You have the father wanting to impress his colleagues. You have his children not quite understanding the significance of banking. Then you have the greedy old man that will literally take pennies from a child. Brilliantly written and acted.

@miniDrew4 3 месяца назад

The Shawshank Redemption has some violence, but overall the power dynamics between Andy dealing with the warden, threatening inmates, while trying to get out works perfectly. That scene when the inmates threaten him and he describes "jaw biting down hard" is riveting.

@m.t.mcfarlane9590 3 месяца назад

Since you are not a huge fan of "show, don't tell", can you do a video on when a writer should "tell" instead of "show"?

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Did you watch this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_yYXy3IQLPI.html It's been a while, but I believe I covered when to Tell in that video

@Skids0800 3 месяца назад

I like to ask for another video suggestion. How to write depression/trauma in a believable manner

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

I did a video on PTSD a while back... This might help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TGxp90sXBI0.html As for depression/trauma, I'll add this to my list. Thanks!

@leepatterson5710 3 месяца назад

@@WriterBrandonMcNulty Would suggest You Were Never Really Here for that video (even though it touches on PTSD as well). The way they directed the scenes of violence as representing his dissociation when he gets violent really adds to the character.

@julietardos5044 3 месяца назад

The Mockingjay does PTSD really well. The book more so than the movie.

@tm0855 2 месяца назад

My fav: Pride and prejudice when Mr. Darcy proposes the first time and gets told off. Fantastic scene and catalyst for character change!

@louisnemzer6801 3 месяца назад

"Thank you for smoking" was actually pretty good

@conormcginn3312 3 месяца назад

I really love that scene where Tyrion gets brought before the Lords of Westeros after giving two seasons worth of bad advice and picks the new king of Westeros because he has a good story. Pure artwork there.

@jakegriffin8387 3 месяца назад

"You can't handle the truth!" Such a great non-violent moment from A Few Good Men

@kevinpeoples8702 3 месяца назад

Oh man. The dinner party scene from near the beginning of Dune. GREAT conflict, and they cut it from both movie versions!

@FCSchaefer 3 месяца назад

12 Angry Men is a masterpiece of non-violent conflict, same could be said of Glengarry Glen Ross.

@ludovico6890 3 месяца назад

So many conflict scenes to choose, i don't know which one is my favourite: the first meeting with Solozzo in the Godfather which triggers the war, the poker game in Casino Royale, James Bond playing golf against Goldfinger, when Mozart needs to convince the Emperor to let him produce Figaro in Amadeus... and that's just at the top of my head.

@travelinlightbill 3 месяца назад

I always love seeing scenes where the good guy just sits and talks with the bad guy. Pacino and Deniro having coffee in Heat. Father Karras and the demon in The Exorcist (the book is even better than the movie) Martin Sheen and Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. In these the tension just builds and builds and you get to see the battle of wits. Priceless.

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

What's your favorite nonviolent scene from a story? Let us know!

@LordBaktor 3 месяца назад

I'm a sucker for films that have long stretches with minimal or no dialogue and still manage to convey the story in a way that you don't notice that you haven't heard words for a while, so I'm gonna mention the whole first half of Wall-E.

@brianedwards7142 3 месяца назад

Julius Caesar act 3: after Caesar is dead where Marc Antony comes to the conspirators and confronts them but he is outnumbered so he uses his wits to get the conspirators to let him make a speech to the gathering mob under certain conditions. With clever wording he never says anything bad about the conspirators and does not praise Caesar but nevertheless stirs up the crowd against the conspirators causing them to flee. Even As You Like It didn't make me laugh so hard.

@austincde 3 месяца назад

I was going to say (Kill Bill) Oren-ishi's big speech after she cuts the guys head off but I don't think that counts lol

@leyenda6149 3 месяца назад

I LOVE this channel! I am a technical writer by trade, but the tips on all of the videos helps SO much when I am helping my son with his analytical, creative, and persuasive writing!!!!

@serialoshipper 3 месяца назад

A NEW VIDOE HERE!!! IM SO HAPPY

@shkodranalbi 3 месяца назад

Favourite non-violent scene: Tom Hagen ('Godfather II') talks Frank Pentangeli very smoothly into committing suicide, as the best solution for everyone, and Frank thanks him for that. It never fails to send chills down my spine.

@Areyoukiddingme-fz1zp 3 месяца назад

Hey Brandon, can you do a video on how to get from here to there. For example I know how the story is going to end, I know the midpoint but I don’t know how to get from the beginning to the midpoint nor the midpoint to the climax. I don’t think you’ve done a video on this before so it will be great if you can address this topic. Thanks

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Oh man, that's a great topic idea. I'm actually struggling with that in a draft I'm working on--I know the structural stops along the way, but "getting there" is still tricky. I'll add this request to my list.

@Areyoukiddingme-fz1zp 3 месяца назад

@@WriterBrandonMcNulty I know the, most generic responses for this problem is to work your way backwards, or think of what your characters would do but these solutions aren't real simple. Also, people often depict these reason as if "you can't figure it out" that means your story/characters are not well written enough however, that's not true. I don't what to do now should I wait for your video to come out about this topic or keep researching.

@siegfriedmordrake3229 3 месяца назад

We'll see what Brandon has to say about that when / if he releases this video but in the meantime... What I usually do is that I ask myself what is the most LOGICAL sequence of actions for the story to go from A to B. Logical from the characters' point of view, from the story's itself, from the theme, from everything. Usually there are several options and I just pick the most logical and / or the one that fits best the general theme or the story. For example: let's say your character is in jail in the middle of the story and at the end he tries to get revenge on whomever got him wrongly convicted. You have several possibilities to choose from: he could escape prison. Be released for good behaviour. Be on parole. Seek vengeance FROM the very prison. And as to how he went to jail in the first place... Still a lot of possibilities. He took the blame to save a friend. His spouse was killed and he was blamed for it. His boss accused him of embezzlement when he was the one embezzling... Just pick what fits your story / themes / characters the best. Hope this helps 😊

@Areyoukiddingme-fz1zp 3 месяца назад

@@siegfriedmordrake3229 I'll be sure to do what you said, thanks.

@jesusromanpadro3853 3 месяца назад

I have many ideas for the protagonists I'm writing my first novel. I used a lot of those that I wasn't planning to use in the first book to connect the ones I was planning to use in this book. Of course, this leaves me with less ideas for future book(s).

@erakfishfishfish 3 месяца назад

Favorite non-violent conflict scene for me is easily the final scene in Hell or High Water. It’s an amazing showdown of words between Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine. Absolutely masterful writing.

@benedixtify 21 день назад

Another thing the Godfather intro does is that it shows what the Don considers to be respect, and what he would do in return for respect. You learn a lot about the character, and about the "family business" that is the setting of the story.

@user-du3gq9mt9u 3 месяца назад

I feel like there isn’t enough nonviolent conflicts in films anymore

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Yeah, I love movie violence, but balance is key

@user-du3gq9mt9u 3 месяца назад

Yep! 👍🏼 @@WriterBrandonMcNulty

@Conserpov 3 месяца назад

There are plenty, but most of the time they are basically "toddlers screaming at each other in a sandbox".

@user-du3gq9mt9u 3 месяца назад

Yeah@@Conserpov

@tiffanymorgan8770 14 дней назад

One of my favorite nonviolent conflict scenes is the scene in Bridges of Madison County where Francesca is in the truck with her husband in town and she sees Robert, whom she truly loves, standing outside in the rain. The lack of action and dialogue add to the tension as she grips the door handle and makes her choice between staying with her family or running off with Robert.

@thejester79 3 месяца назад

I'm so in love with this channel

@simonolson2637 3 месяца назад

this video was VERY helpful to me, thank you!!

@godbeIess 3 месяца назад

Great video. I was hoping there was a channel that explains and shows samples of nonviolent conflict. Glad I found it.

@JanstonCordell 3 месяца назад

I can't name any specifics, but I absolutely loved the non-violent conflicts between Sheriff Bullock and Al Swearengen that bubble and boil throughout the series of Deadwood before the climax.

@reesgriffith2735 2 месяца назад

Gustavo Fring threatening Walter and his family in the desert was cold blooded.

@CrossfeetGaming 3 месяца назад

My favorite dialogue "fight scene" will always be the hallway arguement between Steve and Scully in Steve Jobs (2015)

@poormans2522 3 месяца назад

I have been binging your videos. Not only have I learned a lot, but I’ve been thoroughly entertained by it. Thank you for making concise and informative videos. I know your background is in writing novels, and most of your advice applies generically across all writing disciplines but I would love if you could do videos on writing things like comic books or screenplays.

@MurkyMaster 10 дней назад

In the Transformers Movie, when Megatron meets with Unicron and Unicron commands Megatron to destroy the Autobot Matrix. Mega basically tells Unicron to stick it up his tailpipe. Unicron is a transformer that is the size of a planet, but Megatron will still not be told what to do. That is like a mortal standing up to God himself. Also hearing Orson Wells say "Your bargaining position is highly dubious" is awesome. The scene has a little violence but it's just some headache beams

@filipvadas7602 3 месяца назад

I love how GoT is now remembered as an example of what *to do* and what *not to do* on this subject In seasons 1-4 we were lucky to get like 1-2 battles or fights per seasons, with occasionally some supernatural stuff thrown in. But roughly from season 5 onward, more and more conflicts kept getting resolved through fighting. To the point where for some characters, like Arya and Jaime, that's all their characters end up being.

@julikbonn4435 3 месяца назад

The relationship between Chuck and Jimmy in Better Call Saul

@streetough 3 месяца назад

The timing of this video could not have been any more perfect

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Haha glad it helped

@TheDukeofMadness 3 месяца назад

Michael Mann always seemed to know when to hold back on the violence. The scene in Heat between Pacino and De Niro in the cafe ranks high for me. No violence, just two great white sharks swimming around.

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

That scene is an absolute classic. It also inspired the Batman/Joker interrogation in TDK

@thelog7161 23 дня назад

One of my favorite non-violent scenes is definitely in X-Men Days of Future Past, when Xavier and Magneto get into the argument on the plane, and Magneto basically takes Xavier to task and knocks him off his high horse a bit to remind him that reality is not the same as a dream.

@IMAMONGUS 3 месяца назад

I honestly found Jack Bauer's dialogue more frightening than many horror movie jump scares!

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Haha he's a monster who happens to be the main character

@jennymunday7913 3 месяца назад

I like the scene in Howl's Moving Castle where (spoilers I guess?) Howl sends Sophie to talk to his mentor, Madame Suliman, because he's afraid of her (causing Sophie to be annoyed at him for making her speak on his behalf), then he arrives in disguise to rescue Sophie. After that Suliman and Howl have a magical battle of wits while Sophie is trying to keep the magically-depleted Witch of the Wastes who cursed her safe. Each character has a history with each other, and most of it is bad but this is a real turning point in Sophie's story. It's a wonderful 4-way conflict and the Witch of the Wastes, honestly, barely speaks but just her presence and the bad shape she's in lends all the weight she needs to be equal to the others.

@Ennpey Месяц назад

Another awesome video!

@WriterBrandonMcNulty Месяц назад

Thanks!

@Khether0001 3 месяца назад

For conflict, I believe it is also very important to show what the stakes are in case the character fails

@Nuh_uh696 3 месяца назад

really love your videos

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Thanks!

@julietardos5044 3 месяца назад

The Breakfast Club has some great conflict between all the characters, and resolutions for many of the conflicts.

@briantrafford4871 3 месяца назад

I'm going to take you back to The Usual Suspects again. Super violent, of course, but the central conflict is between Virgil and the detective. The latter is trying to solve a crime. Virgil, on the other hand, has an entirely unique set of goals, but the core objective is to hide what's really going on. My other favourite involves multiple scenes, but it is about Paul in Dune. Paul against himself, against his role as "The Chosen One", his role within Fremen society as an outsider, and his conflict with his mother over his role in history. The Matrix drew heavily on this story, I believe.

@AnotherDuck 3 месяца назад

Echoing The Usual Suspects. Just mentioned that in my own comment.

@mattbell5602 3 месяца назад

I love the mental chess game between Thufir & Jessica in Dune…was totally bummed in wasn’t in the new film. Thx for the video

@juju10683 3 месяца назад

Violent conflict requires a conflict of beliefs as well. Otherwise it is forgettable.

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Absolutely. That's why the lightsaber battles in the Original Trilogy are so compelling. Who needs extensive CGI when you've got meaningful character values?

@mathieuleader8601 3 месяца назад

I think the Whale with Charlie's conflict to reconnect with his daughter as well as striving to not be a recluse anymore by stepping out of his home by taking his first baby steps is a great intense non-violent conflict.

@DreadMerlot 3 месяца назад

Some of my favorite interpersonal conflicts are in historical dramas, like Amadeus, and Dangerous Liaisons.

@ungratefulpeasant8085 3 месяца назад

Good stuff, my favorite non violent scene is the closing scene in the movie "Hell or High Water".

@johnnyutah1001 3 месяца назад

I discovered your channel today and liked it so much that I bought one of your books on Audible. The entire book and BBC series of I, Claudius is a sequence of nonviolent resolutions of conflict. Because Claudius is physically incapable of self defense he must deflect conflict by allowing people to think that he is a dimwit.

@markf9138 4 часа назад

In Mulholland Drive, Diane faces personal conflict in guilt and shame; interpersonal conflict with failed relationships; and social conflict with the police and the powerful people of Hollywood. It all comes to a head non-violently in the penultimate scene as she desperately tries to go to sleep.

@jamesyboy4330 3 месяца назад

Thank you Brandon for being consistent with these writing guides. It’s helped me understand a lot about the fundamentals of writing, but I still have a long way to go. One of my biggest problems with writing is making the main characters passive instead of allowing them to fail and grow. Another one of my issues, which is something I’d like to get help with. If anyone can reply with some ideas to help me I would appreciate it infinitely. I have a story where humans and alien races have integrated into one society, but I’m trying to be somewhat realistic so the reader isn’t too detached from the concept. I feel as though I have to explain every little detail of how this society is able to work so the reader can understand what is happening. I do know that overstimulating the reader can make the story boring or not interesting at all. So, my question to you and your viewers is, how would I be able to write about a concept which doesn’t exist in real life, but have it make sense in a way that prevents me from writing walls of words for context? To give you a basic idea, humans live in a society controlled by aliens but they have managed to find peace and can coexist together without problems. My issue is writing too much about something that doesn’t pertain to the overarching theme in the story, as in, trying to make the reader understand that this society is functional and this is how it works. Any help is greatly appreciated. Been working on a story idea for years and I just can’t figure out how to make it work.

@JohnnyWordSmith 3 месяца назад

Just finished that John Truby book 👍🏻

@julietardos5044 3 месяца назад

A timely episode. Cinema Therapy just put out a video on Little Miss Sunshine, and they had the directors on their show!

@mattt2277 3 месяца назад

Band of brothers; Winters court martial scene. The back and forth between Sobel and Winters was very well done, imho.

@AnotherDuck 3 месяца назад

My favourite non-violent conflict is probably the interrogation of Verbal in The Usual Suspects. Also one of the best twists. That conflict square is a good visual to think about. What I like about it is that it makes the story more living, and not just protagonist-centred, since it develops other characters and gives them more dimensions. For internal conflict it's a bit more difficult to visualise. I'd imagine you'd have the protagonist split up into two, with the conflicting personality traits taking up those corners. Antagonists would then either feed into them or hinder them, depending on if it's a flawed or ideal trait.

@moycorbin4750 3 месяца назад

Death Note has a lot of this, mental chess between Light and his "obstacles"

@daveshif2514 День назад

ghost in the shell has great non violent conflict. one of the most hard hitting for me is when togusa (the least cyber-enhanced member of the special police unit) has his brain highjacked by extremely powerful hackers working for a social security fraud syndicate that he infiltrated. the proxies being used by the criminals are literally elderly people in a nursing home, so when he arrives it is a total shock, and when they bring out his child daughter hand in hand with one of the old ladies, they force togusa to point the gun right at himself in front of his daughter. Thankfully, his squad is able to neutralize him before he goes through with it, and rescue the two of them. something about that juxtaposition of the supposed wrap up to a case he had been working on so hard, mixed with the revelation of the criminals master plan to stop him in his tracks just worked better than any other plot carried out by any villain in any movie, the completely destroyed the man and never had to even lift a finger, just the fear that not only would he lose his family, but he would have traumatized his own daughter (she was too young to understand what hacking meant) that really hit hard.

@cupofcalculus 3 месяца назад

I would like to see a video of "How to analyze writing". Something that gives me a vocabulary and framework to understand and able to put into words what I like, and don't like, about a book. Something I can use to talk intelligently about material I've read, or explain to a book seller to help them make good personalized recommendations.

@BoScotty 3 месяца назад

My favorite non violent conflict has to be the conversation between Light and Naomi in Death Note when Light was attempting to get her real name so he could kill her.

@epochnoir3215 3 месяца назад

Hey, Brandon! I love your videos and I've been a fan for a while now. Would you ever consider doing movie breakdowns or something to that effect with new releases? I'd really like to hear what you have to say about Dune: Part 2. Especially since it was adapted from a book series.

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the kind words. And I’d love to look at newer stuff, but it can often be hard to find clips of newer movies. I’ll see what I can do though. Definitely want to talk about Godzilla Minus One in the near future. I’ll add Dune to my list

@epochnoir3215 3 месяца назад

@WriterBrandonMcNulty that makes sense. I'd watch it even if the video only had clips from trailers. Thank you for all your knowledge!

@say5070 3 месяца назад

My Favorite non violent scene I can think of off the top of my head is a cut scene from the video game God of War: Ragnarök. There is a scene where Odin is speaking with Kratos after Kratos' son has slipped away to meet with Odin who is an enemy of Kratos. Odin is circling Kratos, talking about how he has changed from te god he once was and Kratos responds, "If you do not return my son you may meet the God I once was." There is a sudden pause by Odin and then he changes the subject. It was perfect. Kratos doesn't explicitly say anything violent but you can hear the subdued anger in his voice. Odin, up to this point, has been a very charming and unbothered, unthreatened character, but the pause showed us that he felt threatened for awhile and that his change is subject is an attempt to conceal the moment of fear he showed. It also has a lot of gravity for the fans of the series because if you have played previous entries you understand the penchant for violence Kratos once has and while most of the time it was justified, it often felt unusually and unnecessarily cruel.

@lonjohnson5161 3 месяца назад

Luke and Han in the Death Star just as Luke learns of Princess Leah being on board. Luke wants to save the princess, Han wants to save himself; who will win?

@MatisseRehel 3 месяца назад

Homelander does indeed use a lot of violence, but he still pressures others whith dialogue a lot, as they know what he's capable of.

@ChBrahm Месяц назад

I think one of the best to do it is Bojack Horseman´s Free Churro episode You have him doing a monologue the entire episode The conflict are his unresolved issues with her mother Which stem from years of abuse, the values that TV gave him during his childhood and the self destructive coping mechanisms he learned through out his life (which could also be seen as the "opponents" to Bojacks constant search for Happiness Like he looks for happiness but he only knows what he learned from TV that he knows isn´t true but still yearns for those moments He finds refuge in drugs and alcohol to get temporary satisfaction because he doesnt think he can get happiness long term And his mother is one of the few people that can get him started on being happy by acknowledging him but because she is bitter she denies him that purposefully out of spite Which is basically the entire series in a microcosm

@ZenKrio 3 месяца назад

A few of my favorites come from Anime. Deku and Shigaraki, My Hero Academia- the latter has a power that allows him to decay something if all his fingers touch it, he holds Deku by the neck, leaving one finger off, and then proceeds to just chat with him, to understand what hes fighting for. Eren and Reiner, Attack on Titan - Eren manipulates someone to get Reiner into a basement above a bunch of innocent people. Reiner knows that at any time, Eren could kill everyone, and likely is going to, but has no choice but to sit and talk with him.

@dpolaristar4634 Месяц назад

Off the top of my head Oreki threatening a smoking upperclassmen in Hyouka

@ryanmichalski6698 3 месяца назад

No Country For Old Men - the phone call between Chigurh and Moss was always a tense one to watch. Good chunk of that movie feels like plenty of non-violent conflict, Bell walking into the hotel room or even his dream talk at the end shows a very conflicted man after his retirement.

@ajdndbdjbdj 3 месяца назад

Hello brandon, i watch all your videos and i really like them, and i want to request a video idea that i personally struggle with, and its how to make characters to have a good reaction to all sorts of situations

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Can you be more specific? By good reaction, so you mean “believable” reaction?

@ajdndbdjbdj 3 месяца назад

@@WriterBrandonMcNulty yes thats what i mean, like when character make a reaction that is realistic and doesnt make the character looks like a robot, because i always make them sound like that

@thunderfist25 16 дней назад

For my favorite nonviolent conflict scene was Sherlock Holmes a game of shadows, where sherlock and watson are going to watsons stag party, and they are debating the pros and cons of getting married, still to this day one of the funniest scenes in cinematic history for me beacuse of one of the later scenes where sherlock gets watson to the wedding but he is passed out drunk in the back of an early automobile and sherlock gets the bag pipe players to play the bagpipes to wake up a severely hung over and not in the mood watson so sherlock can get him inside to the wedding, wven though sherlock was uninerested in marriage he still dragged watson down the isle so he can marry mary and be happy.

@leepatterson5710 3 месяца назад

I think maybe not the scene but the movie itself for non-violent conflict with that whole 4 corners box is the movie Closer with Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, and Jude Law.

@Antares2 3 месяца назад

If you want to see a whole lot of nonviolent conflict, look no further than the K-drama "It's okay to not be okay". There is plenty of conflict in every direction between the characters, as well as internally in the characters themselves fighting against their own mental problems and demons of their past, as well as misremembered memories. In general, I find that a lot of korean and chinese drama series excel at this type of intricate conflict building, including nonviolent intrigue to violent conflict. Anyone wanting to broaden their horizon when it comes to ideas for such conflicts should definitely watch some of those dramas.

@Yearofthebows24 3 месяца назад

My wife and I are re-watching Danny Phantom and one of the best episodes is when Walker goes into the human world. His goal is to ultimately bring Danny into the ghost prison. However, he also turns the human world against him. Danny can't fight Walker and most of his goons directly because he possesses the mayor and other high-ranking officials. So ultimately, while Dsnny does end up having to fight him and becoming hated in the human world, Walker achieves his Plan B and creates non-violent conflict for Danny if he remains in the human world. Overall, great plan and storyline, even for a kids show

@Whofan9211 28 дней назад

Can you do a video on lateral thinking in movies and TV shows?

@ChrisPierreBacon 3 месяца назад

Can you do one on how to write a good backstory? Mike in Better Call Saul is the best example I can think of.

@TeaquestSagas 3 месяца назад

Just watched a different video about Little Miss Sunshine, that threw me for a brain loop, lol.

@Pirelli913 3 месяца назад

I've watched a number of your videos, but I don't recall if you've done a video on this: Cheap character deaths for the sake of shock value. Two good examples (both from 24) are during seasons 5 and 6. Tony's "death" in season 5 because he can't go through with murdering someone and they get the drop and "murder" him instead. It's later discovered in season 7 that he survived. Curtis' death at the hands of Jack in season 6 because he feels they can't let a terrorist live, but the terrorist is granted immunity or needed for more information (I forget which, I disowned that season) and so Jack kills Curtis. This was done strictly for shock value when the writers could've had Jack talk Curtis down.

@calvy2279 3 месяца назад

I really love your content. Do you have anything on character introductions? I'm in the process of learning to write a novel. I want to keep it short and punchy, and a bit silly. I've noticed in some films like the new DnD Honor Among Thieves. The characters are introduced really strong, or I feel so. Holga shows she uses action over words. Edgin shows he uses words to manipulate. Doric shows she uses her powers to protect others. Simon uses his terrible magic to distract people while he robs them, and so on. Do you have any advice on how to make this work on paper. How to cut the fat and really establish a character well right from the go? Currently my introductions are too meandering for me to be happy :(

@WriterBrandonMcNulty 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the kind words! I did a video on character intros a few months ago: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9LXPqSEgP7I.htmlsi=JZQ7fOZ2NeicC-9A Best of luck with your book

@calvy2279 3 месяца назад

@@WriterBrandonMcNulty Ahh. Thankyou thankyou :) I've figured out how to navigate the things now. I found your 10 ways to introduce a main character too from a year ago. I'm reworking my intros now, they are going to be extra spicy :)

@Terastas 3 месяца назад

Not to nitpick, but there are actually five types of conflict, though the last one is, admittedly, a lot harder to write than the other four: Character vs. Fate. The most famous example of a Character vs. Fate conflict would be the myth of Oedipus and its adaptions, in which the King of Thebes and his son were both given the same prophesy at different times and both took steps to try to cheat it only to end up fulfilling it.

@benjamin-austinhebert6072 3 месяца назад

The Beach episode of Avatar the Last Airbender.

@rylefstavenger4658 3 месяца назад

I'm not sure if you've already done this, but would you consider a video about how to successfully kill off characters and how to make it impactful without overdoing it?

@YophiGames 3 месяца назад

In Sherlock Holmes, Holmes has a battle of wits during a chess game and not only defeats Moriarty at chess, but also explains how he foiled his plans. Then they have a battle in their minds predicting the possible outcome. Holmes outsmarts Moriarty again by pulling him off the ledge because he knew he wouldn’t win a physical fight

@haroonali469 3 месяца назад

Do you have a video mystery writing

@ChrisPierreBacon 3 месяца назад

Bridgerton is all non-violent conflict, and almost every single scene is compelling.

@sooneradmirer4382 3 месяца назад

Hands down JJBA, the part where Joturo has to LITERALLY gamble with Darby for his friends souls back. Not a punch was thrown, but the tension was insane. Plus "RRRRRRRRRAISE the pot!?! But you have nothing left to raise!" was hilariously delivered by the voice actors.

@siegfriedmordrake3229 3 месяца назад

Stardust crusaders is really the best season