Confine your characters. Holidays, weddings, funerals, and family homes naturally force intimacy and confrontation, preventing characters from running away from their problems.
Watching a child become the "parent" to their own mother or father is heartbreaking and complex. The Conflict: Classic 70--s Porn Movie --Incest Family--. Mom...
If you are developing a project, tell me about your ideas so we can flesh out the narrative: Confine your characters
Trapping characters who dislike each other in a confined space is a classic dramatic device. Weddings, funerals, holiday dinners, or a forced quarantine compel characters to confront unresolved issues they have spent years avoiding. The Prodigal’s Return Confine your characters. Holidays
Modern family dramas use specific narrative tools to peel back layers of history: