1.what is the story actually about?
2.Who is it about?
3.Do we empathize with the main character(s)?
4.Are they likeable?
5.What exactly do these people want?
6.Who is stopping them getting it?
7.Why?
8.Are there surprises, thrills, revelations: is the audience led one way before the oppisite is revealed?
9.Is the audience lifted and let down and then lifted again, th peaks and throughs going higher and plunging lower as the story builds?
10.Do the main turning points appear for maximum impact and interest?
11.Do I have the elements I would expect for the genre?
12.Have the principal characters gone through major irreversible changes?
13.Are these changes credible?
14.Will those changes move and effect the audience?
15.Is the underlying theme clearly revealed?
16.Is there a satisfactory ending which gives the audience what they expect, but not exactly how they expected it?
Sunday, 19 April 2009
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