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Chapter 11: The Guide
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ometimes it's easier to think of your story in bigger moments and then work
your way down into the nitty-gritty. Contour knows this and provides the Guide
as an alternate way of looking at your story.
The Guide is a series of 12 sequential text boxes, each with it's own memorable
title. These titles are actually defining statements that represent what the
general tone of your script should be as your story unfolds.
Even though each text box is linked to a specific plot point in the main part of
Contour, each text box actually represents a range of pages (1-6, 6-12, etc.) For
example, the very first text box in the Guide is titled I Don't Get No Respect.
Between pages 1-6 of most screenplays, the main character is almost never
shown any respect. The information you enter in this first text box will
automatically link back to Plot Point 3 in Act I because by the end of Plot Point 3
we should have seen that your main character is disrespected.
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