Storytelling Masterclass For Writers

Story theory in screenwriting, scriptwriting, creative writing and fiction writing for authors and screenwriters.

What you’ll learn
Story Theory: How stories get their power to grip and engage an audience.
Working with the substance of every story: Knowledge gaps and subtext.
The Three Roles in Every Story: Author, Character, Receiver.
The Story Development Process: how to make the absolute most of your story idea.
Understand the Industry: How to be sure that your story will sell.
Pitch Decks and Publication Packs: How to present yourself and your stories to publishers and producers.

Requirements
Have an interest in turning your creative ideas into superb stories that sell.
Have a strong desire to succeed as a writer.
Recognise that to gain success you have to do more than just write.
Applies to all story forms – authors, scriptwriters, playwrights, journalists…

Description
You will learn how to elevate your writing to exceptional levels in your books, screenplays, blogs, essays, business and marketing copy, through your mastery of story theory.You will receive essential knowledge for professional screenwriting, scriptwriting, creative writing, books and marketing with story. Every author and screenwriter needs to know this. Further material on packaging and selling yourself and your stories to publishers and producers in the book and film industries.We will look at the role of the author where we understand the key question dynamic, Aristotle’s principles and what happens when characters make plans. Then onto the ultimate story dynamic, storification. the critical dynamic that makes a story a story. Then the story development process. Once the seeds begin to blossom, you will know how to guide the story threads?We deep dive into story in twenty video lectures.The videos are of me talking to you! I talk you through all the concepts and intricacies of the story theory to give you a complete understanding of how stories work.This course is based on my PhD. thesis in story theory that led to my five best selling books on the subject. I have used my understanding of story to build a career for myself, and you can also.

Overview
Section 1: Welcome to the Dream Engine…

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Introduction some more…

Lecture 3 Now, make yourself at home.

Lecture 4 CLICK BELOW for an awesome 80-second story I use to demonstrate story dynamics

Section 2: Introduction

Lecture 5 What is a story? Why do stories exist?

Lecture 6 The Substance of Story: Knowledge Gaps and Subtext

Section 3: THE ROLE OF THE AUTHOR

Lecture 7 The Key Question Dynamic

Lecture 8 The Hollywood Formula (Featuring Turning Points)

Lecture 9 Aristotle’s Principles

Lecture 10 Privilege and Revelation

Lecture 11 Conflict

Lecture 12 Back to the Future – Conflict Architecture

Lecture 13 When Characters Make Plans

Lecture 14 The Narrator

Lecture 15 The Story World

Lecture 16 Backstory

Section 4: THE ROLE OF THE CHARACTERS

Lecture 17 Plot and Character

Lecture 18 Protagonist and Antagonist

Lecture 19 Character Motivation

Lecture 20 Example: Frozen – Motivation

Lecture 21 Inner and Outer Arcs

Lecture 22 Action and Dialogue

Lecture 23 Subterfuge

Section 5: THE ROLE OF THE RECEIVER

Lecture 24 The Role of the Receiver

Lecture 25 The Surpassing Aim

Lecture 26 Character Growth

Lecture 27 True Lies and Declared Fiction…

Lecture 28 Metaphor and Allegory

Lecture 29 The Moral Argument

Lecture 30 Recognition and Cultural Allusion

Section 6: THE STORY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Lecture 31 The Story Development Process – Introduction

Lecture 32 Story Development. The Seed Grows…

Lecture 33 Bella – A Love Story

Section 7: Resources

Lecture 34 The Gunfighter (Short Film)

Lecture 35 Example short film story: Oktapodi (2007)

Lecture 36 The Maker (Short film)

Aspiring and Professional Writers,Authors,Screenwriters,Scriptwriters,Playwrights,Marketing Copy Writers,Bloggers,Publishers, Producers, Directors, editors.

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