Quantum Storytelling

Here is my Frankenstein attempt at merging McKee’s STORY, Writer’s Journey by Vogler, Mahler’s Script-Beat Calculator, and Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet. As if that weren’t enough, I tried to shove some TV ‘act-outs’ into film format (turning points) every 12 minutes to give some dramatic TV-styled payoffs.

This may be total insanity, but I had to try something. Believe it or not the goal in all of this is to get structure OUT OF THE WAY so I can spend more time focusing on ideas, conflicts, characters, etc. Set it and forget it! I’d be curious to get some feedback on this from those of you familiar with some of the common structures. Is this useful? Too complex? Is the 12-minute TV drama dosage too contrived for film?

Check it out and let me know.