Aaron Sorkin, Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network, Moneyball, and Molly’s Game, says that the easiest way to show a character’s intentions in a story is to have them say, “I want,” then follow that up by making it clear why that intention is important.
In musicals, this is often accomplished in song form, which over the years has been referr…
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