Robert McKee is so good at communicating the language of storytelling. There’s a depth behind the most seemingly simple story concepts.

I like to think of the controlling idea as emanating from thematic binary. For example Law & Order's thematic binary is Emotion vs Logic. The person are always Emotion and the lead characters are always Logic. So the controlling idea for L&O would be: "Logic is justice".

Thank you so Much!

What is the difference between main idea and controlling idea? They are sometimes used interchangeably?

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