This video essay analyzes the screenwriting in Good Will Hunting (1997), an outstanding example of character development, brilliantly orchestrated conflict, and using exposition as ammunition.

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Screenwriting Secrets in GOOD WILL HUNTING:
00:00 INTRODUCTION
00:28 ORDINARY WORLD
02:31 CHARACTER
05:23 CALL TO ACTION
07:11 EXPOSITION
09:54 LOCATIONS
11:00 RULE OF THREE
13:26 CONFLICT
16:42 EMOTIONAL CATHARSIS

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