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Gentle reminder to writers that the American or English formats are NOT law. Ur story/script can spiral however way you want as long as it makes sense & you figure out how to wrap it up at the end . You don’t HAVE to follow a specific structure just lean on it if ur feeling lost.
Miyazaki , one of if not THE best storytellers of our time, literally makes his stories up as he goes.. while he’s literally boarding and animating . fkn go wild who gives a shit
we waste too much time trying to simplify a story in our heads to fit into this western structure because we’re told it’s the only professional way to present it and i don’t think I agree with that.
Idk if non-native English speaking writers will agree with me here or even just kids that grew up on anime/Japanese style stories but i think the stories we grow up with either don’t have a structure to begin with or don’t have one that follows your basic western outline.
maybe to the west that seems bad at first but it actually works for stories ( atleast here ) because they’re almost always CHARACTER DRIVEN and this makes a big difference in not having to rely on western screenwriting 101 laws because your character BUILDS THEIR OWN STORY
1001 nights literally every story was built & moved by the characters. all the ghibli movies, I think all anime heck even some of the new western stuff like Steven universe says fck u to the cliche structure . If ur a writer yes learn it but you don’t have to be loyal to it.
rule one of writing : there r no rules
just resources to lean to when you need it but other than that just explore your own story structures.
just resources to lean to when you need it but other than that just explore your own story structures.
