Overview
-
Dig into the craft of writing a compelling story, with practical how-to advice and before-and-after writing samples.
Syllabus
-
Introduction
- Crafting stories
- What you should know
- Explanation: What is a story?
- Example: What is a story?
- Story check: What is a story?
- Explanation: Hooking your reader
- Example: Hooking your reader
- Story check: Hooking your reader
- Explanation: All stories make a point
- Example: All stories make a point
- Story check: All stories make a point
- Explanation: Feeling what the protagonist feels
- Example: Feeling what the protagonist feels
- Story check: Feeling what the protagonist feels
- Explanation: All protagonists have a goal
- Example: All protagonists have a goal
- Story check: All protagonists have a goal
- Explanation: Uncovering your protagonist's inner issue
- Example: Uncovering your protagonist's inner issue
- Story check: Uncovering your protagonist's inner issue
- Explanation: Be specific rather than vague
- Example: Be specific rather than vague
- Story check: Be specific rather than vague
- Explanation: Suspense and conflict
- Example: Suspense and conflict
- Story check: Suspense and conflict
- Explanation: Cause and effect
- Example: Cause and effect
- Story check: Cause and effect
- Explanation: What can go wrong, must
- Example: What can go wrong, must
- Story check: What can go wrong, must
- Explanation: Setups, payoffs, and the clues in between
- Example: Setups, payoffs, and the clues in between
- Story check: Setups, payoffs, and the clues in between
- Explanation: Flashbacks, subplots, and foreshadowing
- Example: Flashbacks, subplots, and foreshadowing
- Story check: Flashbacks, subplots, and foreshadowing
