Hartwell the Watcher
The Key to Writing Freakishly Good Dialogue | Video Essay
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00:00 back with the sacred gravy
00:43 preface on ideas
1:40 Uncle Ken
2:30 infrared level 1
3:07 magenta level 2
4:04 red level 3
5:08 blue level 4
6:30 orange level 5
8:37 green level 6
10:35 let’s get it
11:58 on generalizations
12:20 how to use
12:50 Game of Thrones example
14:01 Uncle Ken vs. all that hullabaloo
16:39 let’s get it bro
18:47 POV: level 1 (nature doc)
19:30 POV: level 2 (omnibird)
22:06 POV: level 3 (orc world)
24:49 POV: level 4 (the good side™)
25:48 POV: level 5 (asscoin)
28:04 POV: level 6 (therapy*)
29:38 POV: level 7 (consciousness-core)
32:45 levels and you
37:07 levels and me
40:08 media examples
42:10 trickle-down levelonics
44:02 levels and arcs
46:09 monke
52:55 the checklist
54:22 more media examples
55:19 integral discussion
58:00 do you see the levels?
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Obviously these filters exist in different people to different degrees. But my point is that this stuff occurs before the sentence even comes out of their mouth. And then you can worry about whether they say ‘um’ or ‘y’all’
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 introduction
1:50 who this video is for
3:20 what this video will contain
4:31 the frustration of getting started
5:24 the project timeline
6:50 the original vision of this video
8:39 themes
10:31 what is a character?
11:30 what truly motivates a character?
13:50 backstory and adaptation
14:50 urge
15:32 child characters
17:20 manifestations of urges
17:45 framing of urges
18:45 what are arcs?
20:05 drama vs. melodrama
21:39 fixing melodrama
22:25 types of arcs
23:25 arcs vs. development
25:29 fake deep traits
25:46 stated belief / lie
29:39 ideology and religion
33:30 fear
34:37 assembling a cast
36:23 relationships
37:35 the why chain
38:10 layers of character description
40:37 want vs. need
41:58 staging an arc
41:58 multiple motivations
46:20 on naming characters
47:09 are protagonists overrated?
48:49 deeper ≠ better
49:48 stories have FORM
50:04 what are act structures?
51:00 the three-act structure
54:45 weaving arcs into acts
56:47 sticky note wall
58:25 plot
1:00:10 story logic
1:01:10 the three-act series
1:02:18 three act-short films
1:02:35 open-ended stories
1:04:03 serialized vs. episodic
1:04:39 sequels
1:06:44 not an assembly line
1:07:35 starting with a world
1:08:24 starting with an oc
1:09:42 timeless characters
1:10:35 planner vs. pantser
1:12:25 rehabilitating a broken draft
1:14:05 project goals
1:14:45 the lone wolf writer
1:16:20 pacing
1:18:05 worldbuilding and lore
1:19:55 dialogue filters
1:20:48 yes, and
1:21:39 character voice
1:25:25 subjectivity vs. objectivity
1:25:06 make your own rules
1:26:20 on systems and creativity
1:29:20 on originality
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4:25 some hactics
6:45 on healthy characters
7:32 tritypes
11:36 on personal models
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1:35 - Boy
3:40 - nature vs. nurture
6:24 - trauma
7:40 - what it means to grow
9:35 - I should probably shave, ik it's dark in this video but I really can't pull off a goatee
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3:18 also the video
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00:00 may thy knife bend and go boioioing
3:33 this thing I keep pointing to
4:10 one pill two pill red pill blue pill
8:30 good and evil are not character building blocks
10:08 weeb journalist show
11:03 more like joseph cantball
15:39 what is the v-shaped orifice thing, plz explain
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CONTENTS:
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6:26 - Pilar Alessandra, The Coffee Break Screenwriter
9:29 - Blake Snyder, Save The Cat
13:50 - Squarespace (sponsored segment)
14:53 - but on the real real
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11:21 - bonus page 1
13:26 - bonus page 2
15:03 - bonus page 3
18:29 - limitations and FAQs
23:40 - goodbye
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CONTENTS:
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4:01 wait no, don't do that
8:56 yeah yeah, like this
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VIDEO CONTENTS:
00:00 the situation
2:23 Crancesca
6:06 the simple soul
7:59 the exception
9:07 Squarespace (sponsored segment)
10:20 patrons + outro
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CONTENTS:
00:00 HBO: “I need a detective“ true:
2:56 episode 1
6:07 on pilots
9:28 episode 2
10:41 episode 3
11:42 episode 4
13:16 episode 5
15:48 episode 6
16:47 enneagr*m mentioned
18:28 more episode 6
20:29 episode 7
21:22 episode 8
23:45 roight then, wot was all that about
27:58 Squarespace (sponsored segment)
29:28 the tv compass
30:44 bottom left quadrant
33:34 the halfpipe
36:02 on writing family subplots
41:24 character-centric episodes
42:28 location-centric episodes
43:10 serial-episodic hybrids
44:46 on padding and efficiency
49:19 patrons + outro
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