Inventing Original Stories from First Principles.

In this first lesson, you discover the analogy at the core of the concept, and there are a couple of examples of how it is applied directly. It's important to understand that this isn't the only analogy that could be used for a story. It just happens to be an especially effective one. Just how effective should show more and more with each lesson.

I've made several technological improvements since the last course I recorded, but I'm still hampered by my eyesight. In this course I'm trying out a new system for my notes and scripted segments, and this is by way of an apology for them!

Some theory and practice of what stories are for - you'll see the basic principle - to communicate a message - described and then demonstrated.

The first part overran ever so slightly, so this is just the conclusion!

This lecture shows the surprising interrelationship between the story idea and the reader's imagination, revealing just how little you need to tell the reader, and just how much help the reader will give you, if you will let them.

Through a couple of improbable examples, you will be able to see how the cup & ball becomes an analogy that needs to be completed, in order to create new story ideas that are themselves complete, to be able to write the stories.

My hopes and fears for you... and what you should do next.