“Conflict is simply having characters not get what they want.”
—Leslie Dixon

No one wants to see a movie that just follows a character around their every-day life.

That’s boring.

But once something happens to your character that alters their state or changes their life forever (good or bad), that is when the story gets good.

That is drama. Challenges create drama.

Irony creates drama (and comedy).

​If you create a compelling character that the reader empathizes with and roots for (on some level), then you show their desperate needs - and make it so they can’t have what they want, that is when your story becomes a page-turner.
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ASSIGNMENT:
Now it's your turn. Go back to Zap2it.com or IMDB.com and read through the loglines / summaries
  • Find at LEAST 3 good ones and highlight the IRONY
    • Make note of why it's ironic
    • Make note of what's at stake
    • Does it have - WHO does WHAT or else WHAT? If so, write these down