John Truby - The Premise Line, Desire and Weakness

[@reyfernandezjr]

Shakespeare was a master of storytelling not only he gives tons of weakness and moral and psychological needs to their heroes but he throws them from the top to the bottom.

[@lucieproulx4486]

Mr Truby you are fabulous. Thank you for sharing this precious information.

[@adancy1000]

I have his book! You won't be disappointed!

[@tintinfromindia2103]

Ahhh! Love the 4:3 ratio .. because now-a-days, you don't get to see it often. Have a great day

[@mandala1945]

I just watched all the videos I could find.about Mr truby. Now I am going to buy his book!

[@jamesbarker6269]

"Hollywood isn't interested in things that have been done before." Say WHAT?!

[@austinp.2259]

2007 was a weird time for Hollywood.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

Mr Truby, why on earth aren't you more famous by now??

[@skellzzed8255]

tobo86 Shhhh...

[@randheerpykkat5157]

Full link of this interview plz....

[@Ninafan68]

I have a question I wish I could ask John Truby a question. Since I can't, I'm asking it here and maybe someone will answer. Truby often cites Tootsie as an exemple of a good story structure. But, what is the desire drive in the story? I would say : get a job on a soap. But once he has the job, what is the desire? I have a similar problem with my own story and I am stuck.

[@ajayarjunk]

To not lose his job as he worked hard for it.

[@nicochinski]

To mantain his job without people knowing his a man, and a secondary objective that often takes over: to successfully seduce the character of Jessica Lange

[@Michawk]

to get the girl (Julie)

[@Ninafan68]

@@Michawk That's right! He desires one thing at first and then, it changes. Thank you!

[@VictorKane]

@@Ninafan68 Right, unlike the Premise!

[@multiyapples]

Great video.

[@DDavis-mi2cg]

I'll buy it!

[@micahmorris2905]

in writing a premise line I am finding it difficult to keep it concise. the story has some basic things that I feel are the premise but it sounds like a run on sentence. how do I define this broader definition of what my story is about and trim the fat without losing the meat of the story/premise

[@dominicmorgan1983]

Sure you will have figured it out by now since you asked this 2 years ago but it's as he says: who fights who over what? Put all three elements into one sentence. The Hero, the opponent and the goal that forces them into conflict. For example: A downtrodden factory worker finds herself at the centre of an uprising against the owners when she discovers a plan to make half the company redun. Hero: factory worker; Opponent: the owners; Conflict: the economic interests of the factory owners and the workers. Something like that.

[@AlphaCisco1]

@@dominicmorgan1983 This helped a ton thank you very much.

[@gianthills]

And how many scripts has he sold? None. master? Really? These "gurus" make me puke.

[@arthurlandon8756]

I would normally agree, but he’s hired as a script doctor to fine tune/fix scripts that aren’t quite fulfilling the promise of the premise.

[@gianthills]

@@arthurlandon8756 I see, so a Producer buys a screenplay because it isn't good enough, then hires a guru to "fix" it. BS.