Pixar’s Rules for Storytelling 3 – You won’t know your story until you’re at the end of it.

Yes, I am going to make a video for each of the Pixar’s 22 Rules for Storytelling. Be sure to subscribe to this channel to not miss any of the forthcoming videos. I plan to release one/week.

Rule #3: Trying for theme is important, but you won’t see what the story is actually about til you’re at the end of it. Now rewrite.

It’s painful to know that during an entire first draft of a novel or story, very little of that first draft will survive.  At least, it won’t if you’re a good enough writer.
A writer cannot make sense of a story until the story exists. Otherwise, we’re looking at a pile of jigsaw puzzle pieces and trying to know the final image without putting the pieces together.

(Additional metaphor here)

With this, the third video in my 22 part series, I step up my game with a fake mustache.