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Overview
97 minutes
Introduction to the Story Mind,
Story Structure vs. Storytelling, The Grand Argument Story. The
Four Essential Throughlines. The Psychology of Story. How
to Psychoanalyze your story.
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Characters -
Part 1
72
minutes
The difference betwen Objective
and Subjective Characters, Why "Hero" is a four-letter word,
Why a "Main Character" is not the same as a
"Protagonist," how to create the 8 essential archetypal
characters.
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Characters -
Part 2
105
minutes
How to build complex
characters, building four-dimensional characters. Character
relationships.
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Storyforming -
Part 1
67
minutes
The 8 Essential Questions every
author should be able to answer about his or her story: Main Character
Resolve: Change or Steadfast?, Main Character Growth: Start or Stop?,
Main Character Approach: Do-er or Be-er?, Main Character Technique:
Linear or Intuitive?
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Storyforming -
Part 2
82
minutes
Story Driver: Action or
Decision?, Story Limit: Timelock or Optionlock?, Story Outcome:
Success or Failure?, Story Judgment: Good or Bad?
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Theme - Part 1
101 minutes
Theme as Perspective, Thematic
Topics, Thematic Arguments, Classifying Problems, Finding your theme
in the Dramatica Structural Model.
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Theme - Part 2
85 minutes
The Premise, Thematic Conflict,
Thematic Conclusion, building your thematic argument with 28 Thematic
Moments.
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Storyencoding
110 minutes
Turning your structure into real
people, places, and events, Illustrating Story Points, How to
illustrate more than one story point with a single event, Finding the
structure in work you have already written, How to use and illustrate
Story Domains, Story Concerns, Story Issues, Story Problems.
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Plot - Part 1
98 minutes
Plot vs. Storyweaving, How Plot
affects Character, Theme, and Genre, Satic Plot Points, Goals,
Consequences, Requirements, Forewarnings.
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Plot - Part 2
70 minutes
Progressive Plot Points, 3 Act
Structure, 4 Act Structure, 5 Act Structure, 7 Act Structure, How to
KNOW what happens in Act 2, How to create 28 Plot-Driven scenes or
chapters.
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Storyweaving
35 minutes
How to create an Exposition Plan
for your story, How to make your story interesting with Storyweaving
techniques such as: Changing Scope, Changing Importance, Red Herrings,
Non-Causality, Reversals, Continuity Breaks, Shifting Context,
Flashbacks and Flashforwards.
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Genre
102
minutes
The many faces of Genre, Why
every story has a unique Genre, How to create a Genre chart, How to
chart and control your audience's emotional throughline, How to avoid
breaking emotional continuity, How to create Mixed Emotions in your
audience, How to interweave Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, and
Information.
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Reception
68 minutes
How
to go about the actual writing of your story, The Audience as Writing
Partner, Communication or Collaboration?, Who is your Audience?,
Audiences as Disposable Tribes, Cultural Considerations, Writing for
or about Ethnic Groups, Demographics - Age Groups, Men and Women,
Sub-cultures, Authors Intent and how to use it, How to create Propaganda.
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