{"id":49870,"date":"2013-07-17T19:24:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T03:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=49870"},"modified":"2013-07-17T19:30:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T03:30:35","slug":"whats-the-basic-conflict-in-my-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=49870","title":{"rendered":"What’s The Basic Conflict In My Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m reading Playwriting: Writing, Producing and Selling Your Play<\/a><\/em> by Louis E. Catron. <\/p>\n

I’m on chapter eight and writing out the scenario for my one-man play<\/a>. What’s the basic conflict?<\/p>\n

What does the protagonist want? I want to be happy. I want to connect with others. Who’s the antagonist? Me. My sloppy selfish ways. What’s my conflict? My good side versus my bad side.<\/p>\n

Pursuing what I want doesn’t quite work for me because much of what I want is not good for me. So, the basic conflict of my play is within myself — will I get serious about getting the help I need so that I can lead a life with at least normal levels of attachment. Will I come to see the role I play in creating my own misery? What stops me from connecting? It’s easier to imagine my problems as the result of bad luck. It’s easier to see myself as a heroic blogger, battling the forces of oppression and corruption. My true greatness is about to blossom if I can just get a little more of my own way. <\/p>\n

How long till the pain that results from doing things my way becomes so severe that I am willing to seek help to change? What stops me from achieving the connection I want? <\/p>\n

When did I develop the sloppy habits that have haunted me my whole life? I was born with these habits and resisted the attempts of others to knock them out of me. I just want to do what I want to do and screw everyone else until they hurt me so bad that I become willing to change to make my life easier. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m reading Playwriting: Writing, Producing and Selling Your Play by Louis E. Catron. I’m on chapter eight and writing out the scenario for my one-man play. What’s the basic conflict? What does the protagonist want? I want to be happy. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49870"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49872,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49870\/revisions\/49872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}