The Best Advice I’ve Learned On Mastering a Concept Worthy of a Story
Five words that will change your entire outlook (or freshen it up, even for seasoned authors) on crafting a novel or screenplay: "Story Engineering by Larry Brooks." I’m focusing on “Concept” today....
View ArticleMastering Three-Dimensional Characters
Five words that’ll change your entire outlook (or freshen it up, even for seasoned authors) on crafting a novel or screenplay: “Story Engineering by Larry Brooks.” I’m focusing on “Character” today....
View ArticleMastering Theme in Storytelling
This article is a continuation of my “Best advice I’ve learned” series. You can catch up on my other posts by clicking the links below. The competencies I cover here are my interpretation from my...
View ArticleThe Best Advice I’ve Learned on Story Structure: Part 1: Setup
For novelists, the better model to create your novel from is the four-part story structure. It’s exactly the same as the three-act structure for screenwriters but with one crucial difference. The...
View ArticleThe Best Advice I’ve Learned On Story Structure: Part 2 — Plot Point 1
Today, I’m going through two main definitions: Plot Point 1 and First Pinch Point. Here’s my version of the four-part story structure for novelists from Story Engineering. The difference to the...
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