Today's Topic – Finding the basic building blocks of stories

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Podcast Show Flow

• Why is it important to know what a story really is?
• What a story is not?
  • A structure
  • Theme or meme
  • Outline
  • A Goal
  • Elements (Setting, Characters, Plot, Conflict, Theme, Point-of-view, Tone, Style)
  • This list can go on forever.
• A story is an explanation of an event (Conflict) that is exchanged between people.
  • You need to explain important points before, and give resolution to help the other people satisfaction that the story is complete
• Jeff’s 6 Steps to a complete story
  1. Before the Story (BS)
  2. The Incident
  3. The Strike
  4. The Fallout
  5. The Run
  6. After The Story (AS)
• If you want a longer story repeat steps 3 and 4
• Character arcs should be this structure inside if your story
• Sub plots should follow steps 2-5

WBT

Write a basic story

RW  Task

            Look at your world and create a story to host your setting

Michael's Resources

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Fundamentals of Story Structure

8 Elements of a Story Explained

The Five Essential Elements Of A Story

Parts of a Story: The 11 Essential Story Elements You Need to Get Right

 

 

 

 

 

 

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