No idea what happened to that post I just wrote. Anyway. Can anyone guess what film this is the central dramatic argument to according to google AI? true self-actualization requires rejecting the false, consumer-driven identity imposed by modern society, but that, if taken to an extreme, this pursuit becomes a self-destructive, fascistic delusion. On the central dramatic argument, this thread has a lot of good information: https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/1qq8z10/long_time_writer_and_structure_professional/ Character has a theme that keeps him comfortable but unhappy in life. There is an opposing anti-theme that he needs to have the courage to accept as his new theme. Structure is throwing the anti-theme at your character in the form of dramatic obstacles for 2 hours - in a satisfying shape that Craig goes into more detail about on his episode. I love Mazin's theory of the CDA, makes a lot of sense to me. It has helped enormously in terms of how to structure a screenplay with depth and direction. This is great stuff for working out what how your character needs to behave and what needs to happen to reinforce the thesis/anti-thesis. I use this approach in combination with narrative, not as a replacement for it. I use it initially to help me see if I have something worth writing, but sometimes I just write anyway because I like the idea, and use the approach to tighten particular scenes. Five more pages complete today.