Writing Advice from Matt Stone & Trey Parker @ NYU | MTVU's "Stand In"

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker talk to NYU students on MTVU's Stand In and give advice on writing. The best-known part is their rule that story beats should be joined by but or therefore rather than and then.

HN circulates it as the source of the but/therefore rule for story structure, and links the excerpt whenever writing or generated stories come up.

“The creators of South Park give the same advice for writing fiction”