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Premise, theme, controlling idea, subject selection and logline for scripts (前提/主题/立意/选材/戏核) — merged from Lajos Egri's premise-as-tyrant and dialectic, Robert McKee's controlling idea (value + cause) and idea/counter-idea, Neill Hicks' five premise questions, Lisa Cron's "third rail" (desire vs misbelief, origin scene, what-if), Julian Hoxter's logline and theme-attitude rule, Blake Snyder's logline/genre/title tests, and Lu Jun's Chinese craft chapters on 选材要严/开掘要深/视角要新/戏核要好/情节要奇. Use when turning a vague idea into a premise, finding what a story is really about, choosing a subject and angle, testing a logline, deciding the ending from the theme, or diagnosing a script that "has events but no story".

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# 前提·主题·立意·戏核（Premise & Theme）

> **输出语言＝提问语言**；术语一律锚回原词，见 [sw-workflow/terms.md](../sw-workflow/terms.md)，不自创译名。

本 skill 回答四个问题：**写什么**（选材）、**为什么写**（前提/主控思想/第三条轨道）、**从哪里切**（视角/戏核）、**怎么一句话说出来**（logline/一句话故事）。来源：埃格里《编剧的艺术》、麦基《故事》、希克斯《编剧的核心技巧》、克龙《怎样写故事》、霍克斯特《编剧的十二条法则》、斯奈德《救猫咪》、陆军《编剧理论与技法》第 1–6 章。相互补充关系：埃格里给"前提"的辩证法与暴君性；麦基给"主控思想＝价值＋原因"和从高潮反推；克龙给主人公内心矛盾（渴望 vs 错误信念）的具体建构步骤；陆军给中国戏剧的选材、立意开掘、视角与戏核工具；希克斯/霍克斯特/斯奈德给一句话的商业检验。

范例库与工作单见 [reference.md](reference.md)。

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## 一、前提是暴君（埃格里）

- 每一秒都有前提。发明家不知道装置用途、跑步者不知道去哪＝疯了；剧本充满亢奋行为却无人知道动机。
- **前提三部分**："节俭导致浪费"——节俭＝人物，导致＝冲突，浪费＝结局。"好的前提是剧本最精短的提要。"名剧前提：罗密欧与朱丽叶＝伟大的爱能战胜一切甚至死亡；李尔王＝盲目信任导致毁灭；麦克白＝冷酷的野心导致自我毁灭；奥赛罗＝嫉妒摧毁自身与所爱；群鬼＝父辈的罪报应在孩子身上；玩偶之家＝婚姻中两性的不平等会孕育不幸。
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