Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts In this episode, learn how to break down plot structure into its parts to understand how it works, and how to rebuild it more effectively. Using beat, scene, act, and sequence structure to effectively pace the events in your story, your plot will become … More Lesson 08: Finding the Framework – Plot Structure
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn to use the four fundamental forces of plot to design strong, compelling stories that will entertain and engage your reader. Discover strategies for how to ride the line between story science and intuition effectively and tell your stories well. For more info about … More Lesson 07: Plot Mechanics
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts At the end of a revolution they helped to lead, the crew of the ISC Elementis is ordered to execute one of their crewmates: an immortal alien traveler known as the Castaway. But when they find themselves under attack by the Castaway’s oldest enemy, the captain must put aside duty and fight alongside her … More Story 07: The Stars Eternal
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn how to design compelling plots for your stories based on the relationship between character wants and needs, utilizing character development to give your narrative momentum and structure. For more info about the show, check out www.homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner Script Outtakes
CONTENT WARNING: Strong language, violence, and disturbing elements. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts A blind gunslinger flees his violent past, finding solace in the small town of Santa Lucia… but when a gang of outlaws appears in town, he must defend the place and the people he’s come to … More Story 06: Blindsights
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn how characters can change, grow, and evolve in the course of a story by using the character wheel, character arcs, and the Value Circle. Self-published author Wray Van Winkle discusses her methods for understanding and creating interesting character journeys. Character Development Diagram: www.homesteadonthecorner.com/podcastextras For … More Lesson 05: Wheels, Arcs, and Circles of Character Development
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts A young woman flees the complications of adult life on her wedding day, returning to the fantasy world she knew as a child… only to realize that life was never as simple or perfect as she imagined, and that her past won’t let her … More Story 05: Return to the Echowood
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn to create compelling, multilayered, and deeply human characters using the Planet Character model. Self-published author Wray Van Winkle shares techniques to develop psychologically realistic characters for your own books, stories, and screenplays. Planet Character Diagram: www.homesteadonthecorner.com/podcastextras For more info about the show, check out www.homesteadonthecorner.com … More Lesson 04: Exploring Planet Character
CONTENT WARNING: Some strong language, gun violence, and frightening elements Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts When famed horror novelist Anna Sheridan discovers strange radio signals emanating from Spirit Mountain Cave in Cody, Wyoming — the only abandoned National Monument in America — she finds herself embroiled in a hundred-year-old … More Story 04: Disquiet
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn to develop complex characters in your book, script, or screenplay using the Character Web – the network of supporting characters built around the protagonist. Self-published author Wray Van Winkle breaks down basic character types and ways to show, rather than tell, the reader … More Lesson 03: Building the Character Web
