
Learn ten story steps to structure any narrative, with examples from popular movies, TV shows, and books, to keep your writing moving forward and easier.
Set the tone from the start with a gripping opening scene that introduces the protagonist or antagonist and hooks the audience across genres.
Use writing terms like protagonist, antagonist, beat, and scene to craft the very first scene that sets the tone and engages readers.
Frame your story by answering who, what, why, where, and when, then introduce the main characters with clear goals and a vivid world from the opening, showing rather than telling.
Identify the inciting incident that forever changes the hero's life and pushes the story forward, and show how the hero hesitates to enter a new world.
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Act two invites the hero to embrace change, enter a new world with new goals and characters, and weave B and other subplots while keeping the A story focused.
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Explore act two's entertainment by showcasing genre-specific moments that keep the promise of the premise, deliver memorable scenes, witty lines, and audience engagement across comedy, horror, and adventure.
Pinpoint the midpoint as a turning point that shifts the protagonist’s involvement and the story’s stakes. Explore how iconic examples reveal the midpoint shocks characters and elevates the story.
Amp up the stakes and conflict after the midpoint to drive the hero to a new low, culminating in the all is lost moment that tests relationships and resolve.
Identify the big event in act three where the protagonist and antagonist face off in the final fight or mission that your heroes must win, with twists that shape outcome.
Turn the comeback into hope after the all is lost moment by uniting allies, sending the hero toward the finale, and showing how a team can fight a common enemy.
This creative writing story course is for any type of media (novels, movies, TV shows, long stories, short stories, etc!) Write a Story that HOOKS IN YOUR AUDIENCE, and NEVER let THEM GO! Keep them Engaged and Keep Them Reading until the End!
This course breaks down structure into 10 Steps that can be applied to any story!
If you want to write a book, screenplay, TV show, play, short story, or short film, then this course is for you! Write ideas down after each lesson to build every act and moment of your story.
This course is short, but MIGHTY and is meant to be easily REWATHABLE. Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, and the grandma of accountability. Learn and Get into the groove of what you need to do in each act. We’ll break it down act by act, beat by beat, and example by example. I hope to encourage you to write a story that you’ll fall in love with.
You can watch a class that is long and lecturer or even worse, a course done by A.I., or you can watch this Course that GETS TO THE FUN and teaches what you need to do to move your protagonist and story forward!
This course breaks down what to do in each act and uses examples from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Office, The Hunger Games, Iron Man, Parks and Recreation, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Godfather, Warm Bodies, The Wizard of Oz, Bridesmaids, and other AWESOME STORIES!