Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts In the final episode in our act 1 series, Trevor discusses the break into act two: how to send your characters into the unknown and prepare the reader for their journey of change. See how the classical act structure is based in the psychological … More Lesson 16: Act 1 – Liftoff
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts In this episode, Trevor talks Inciting Incidents: what they are, how they work, and ways to use them to generate strong narrative momentum. Learn how to put story in motion and pull in your audience with strong disruptions of the protagonist’s world that force … More Lesson 14: Act 1 – Ignition
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts In this episode, Trevor discusses ways to use the opening of your narrative to pull readers into your story with effective hooks, questions, and setups that will strengthen and enhance your plot, characters, and structure. Learn how and when to use cold opens, prologues, … More Lesson 13: Act 1 – The Hook
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
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