Drama is aniticipation mingled with uncertainty

Storytelling advice from William Archer, via Andrew Stanton’s ted talk.

Soaps are like real life but with the drama knob turned up to 11.

If the storyline was a depiction of my life, where avoiding drama is the number one goal, no one would watch.

Turn up the drama (anticipation + uncertainty) in your storytelling, or bore the pants off people.