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Example: Feeling what the protagonist feels

Example: Feeling what the protagonist feels

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Example: Feeling what the protagonist feels

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- Okay, now let's try it together. We'll start with a rough draft of a scene about a hockey game. - [Writer] It was the seventh game of the championship and the Stanley Cup was on the line, the biggest prize in hockey. Fans were crammed into the arena, hooting and hollering. Goalie Joe Williams looked at Larry Barnes, his childhood rival, who was playing for the opposing team. Boy, they sure had come a long way. Larry had the puck and was about to try to score, so Joe crouched in front of the goal, his few feet of ice, and waited to do his job. - That wasn't a very exciting scene, which is odd. After all, it's the seventh game of the Stanley Cup. The reason it falls flat is because we have no one to root for. Sure, we figure Joe probably wants to win the game, but it doesn't seem to matter to him. In fact, nothing seems to mean much to him, not the screaming fans, not that his team made it to the finals, not the fact that his lifelong…

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