| Starring: Paul Newman (Ben Quick), Joanne | | | | charge of Will's grocery store, to the immense |
| Woodward (Clara Varner), Orson Welles (Will | | | | grief of Jody.PLOT POINT 2: Jody tries to kill his |
| Varner), Anthony Franciosa (Jody Varner), Lee | | | | father Will and implicate Ben by locking Will up in |
| Remick (Eula Varner), Angela Landsbury (Minnie | | | | the barn and setting it on fire.3rd ACT |
| Littlejohn), Richard Anderson (Alan Stewart) | | | | RESOLUTION: Clara stands by Ben at the |
| Directed by: Martin Ritt | | | | barn-burning incident and returns his love. Will and |
| Writers: William Faulkner (story), Irving Ravetch | | | | Jody make up. Presumably Ben and Clara marry |
| and Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay)PROTAGONIST | | | | and live happily ever after.Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a |
| BEN'S DILEMMA: He is kicked from one county of | | | | Creative Copywriter, Editor, an experienced and |
| Louisiana to another as a "barn burner" although | | | | award-winning Technical Communicator specializing |
| the accusation could not be proven true. He | | | | in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web |
| wants to live a good straight life but the dark | | | | content, press releases, movie reviews and |
| cloud of bad reputation follows him wherever he | | | | hi-tech documentation.He has worked as a |
| goes.PROTAGONIST'S DESIRE: To settle and live | | | | Technical Writer for Fortune 100 companies for |
| the life of a prosperous Southern gentleman.HIS | | | | the last 7 years.In addition to being an Ezine |
| CHIEF OBSTACLE: No one will give him the break | | | | Articles Expert Author, he is also a Senior |
| he deserves in the class-conscious Southern | | | | Member of the Society for Technical |
| society.ESTABLISHING SHOT: A barn | | | | Communication (STC), and a Member of |
| burning.INCITING INCIDENT: Ben Quick is asked to | | | | American Writers and Artists Institute (AWAI).He |
| leave the county by sundown and look for his | | | | is dispensing million-dollar plot ideas on a daily basis |
| fortune somewhere else..PLOT POINT 1: Ben | | | | at his screenwriting blog SCRIPT BOILER ( are |
| meets Clara while hitchhiking. Clara is the | | | | most welcomed to visit his official web site for |
| unmarried daughter of Will Varner who owns | | | | more information on his multidisciplinary |
| everything in the Frenchman's Cove.MID POINT | | | | background, writing career, and client testimonials. |
| EVENT: Ben moves into the Big House and takes | | | | |