- Where a Story comes from
- Problems and desires
- What is your Message?
- The theme of your life
- Ready to become a Real Writer?
- The characters in your novel are real persons
- What motivates your character
- What motivates your character
- That one event in their past
- That one event in their past
- Make your character have a secret
- The character's reputation
- No one likes passive characters
- No one likes passive characters
- The goal
- The goal
- Obstacles
- Let's talk about obstacles
- Habits die hard
- Generic or stereotyped characters
- The hero archetypes
- The secondary characters
- People are a jumble of contradictions
- People are a jumble of contradictions
- Nobody's perfect
- The lie
- The lie
- What your character wants and what they need
- What they want, what they need
- The character's transformational arc
- Time to watch a film!
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Mode of learning
Self study
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The syllabus
The Character
The 3 Act Narrative Structure
- Why use a Structure?
- Some advice for a good start
- The first act_ the hook
- The introduction of the protagonist
- The beginning of your story
- The inciting incident
- The normal world and the adventure world
- The first turning point
- The first critical point
- The second act the protagonist's mighty roar
- The game changer: the midpoint
- We get to the action in the second act
- The second turning point
- The third act
- The recknoning: the climax
- The resolution of the third act
- Advice for the ending
- The flat transformational arc
- The negative transformational arc
- The theme and the plot
Show, Don't Tell
- Don't Write Words, Write Images
- Why do I write?
- How to “show” a scene
- Six ways to find out if you are “telling”
- How to use verbs, adverbs, adjectives.
- When is telling a good choice?
- The five golden rules of “show, don’t tell”
- “Showing” a character
- Write something emotional!
- The setting
- How to write the prologue and flashbacks
- How to write fight scenes
- How to write love scenes
- How to use symbolism
Dialogue
- One Character, One Dialogue, One Role
- The five functions of a dialogue
- Conflict and narrative tension
- Reveal the personality of a character through dialogue
- how to provide information in a dialogue
- Silence in dialogue
- Inner monologue - what to do and what to avoid
- Write a monologue!
- The subtext of the dialogue
- How to communicate context using dialogue
- How to use dialogue to begin, develop and end a story
- A man's voice and a woman's voice
Instructors
Mr Luca Panzarella
Instructor
Udemy