by Erik Bork | Jul 11, 2018
When I read a script (or watch a movie or TV episode), there is one question running through my mind, which forms the foundation of my reaction to it: “Do I care?” And if I’m evaluating someone’s work, I’m asking, “Do I think audience members in general will...
by Erik Bork | Apr 17, 2016
What makes an audience root for two people to be together? The Save the Cat books have a name for the type of story where the primary external conflict is that two people who are “perfect counterparts” have something big in the way of “living happily ever after.” It’s...