Forwards and Backwards David Ball, Notes (script analysis)
action and heap (reaction) notice actions that drive the plot forwards requires keen eye for moments that cause shifts each action effectively leads ot another chain reaction tha tconstructs the story's arc Ball calls this the causal chain note how actions begin and how they evolve triggers and heaps heaps are then triggers for next heaps analyze what incites each action action occurs when something happens that makes or permits soemthing else to happen one event requires a second events, connected. Otherwise it is not an action try to read a play by its actions, it is difficult sometimes this domino effect divides. A triggers leads to two or more heaps. Now it is two trains of dominos that both must be followed separately. if you cannot find the connection between one domino and the next (why or how one makes the next fall) then there is a problem either in the writing or in the reading. David Ball calls this method: sequential analysis most useful when done backwards. from end ...