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Why movie scripts follow a formula

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If you think cinematic pacing is pure magical inspiration, prepare to be entirely disappointed by basic math. The vast majority of modern scripts strictly adhere to highly specific page-count formulas, ensuring the inciting incident, midpoint, and climax happen at the exact same minute mark in almost every single narrative.

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