The Contour Guide, Step # 11
WHAT’S THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN? (pages 85-95)
The title says it all! Your protagonist’s whole life (your whole story) has been built towards both avoiding this moment as well as confronting it. Avoiding, because it is his or her worst fear. Confronting because this is what the protagonist needs to do in order to become the person he or she needs to be.
- Luke is out-gunned, out-numbered, and the Death Star is closing in on destroying the Rebel Base and killing Leia. (STAR WARS)
- Jonah runs away and Sam frantically has to go to New York to find him. Sam’s worst fear is losing Jonah the way he lost his wife. (SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE)
- The ship is breaking up and Jack and Rose are being pursued by the murderous Cal. (TITANIC)
- And lest we forget…the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man! (GHOSTBUSTERS)
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