When we come to discussing plot, most of the time the discussion veers into a question about how to go about plotting. We have wagon wheels, heroes on journeys, snowflakes growing in a fractal universe and all sorts of other techniques. Often, it is a debate between planning approaches. Do you...
This workshop explores story structure models from Aristotle's and Sid Field's 3-Acts, to Shakespeare's 5 acts, The Hero's Journey's 12 steps, Save The Cat's 13+ Beats, and several other less well known ones. The genres and sub-genres best suited to each story structure model are suggested...
We combine Premise and Story Arc into the first course. The premise forms the foundation and a way to test the story idea which leads to creating a story arc.
Here's the description of the course:
You have an idea for a novel, but it takes more than a vague idea to have a viable story premise...
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to construct a thriller from beginning to end. Some of the topics covered are:
What is a thriller and why are they so popular?
The many different categories of thrillers
Secrets of creating commercial story ideas
Developing a ‘hot’ plot
How to start your story...
Many writing workshops focus on writing beautifully polished first chapters, but often there isn’t time to cover the rest of the plot/structure of the novel. Critique groups that focus on individual chapters or scenes often also lose focus on the overall plot and structure of a narrative. It can...
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