Writer twitter: What is the origin of the 'why now' note? Why is it at the top of every exec checklist? What are your fave shows and is there a 'why now' in EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM? This note drives me bananas. Help me resolve a pet peeve of mine. Happy to be right or wrong.
To clarify: the note in question is "Why is this story launching for this character now?" as opposed to "why are we telling this story now?"
What I'm asking is, is 'why now' some secret to magical storytelling that I'm missing or is it just a thing that made it on to exec checklists like the freaking Heroes Journey notes and now they have to give it as a note? cc: @clmazin @johnaugust
(no offense to the execs currently giving the note... But if it doesn't really matter then maybe we can all agree to put it to bed?)
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