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Notice in the above examples that when I spell out the PLAN, I am also summing up the CENTRAL ACTION of each story: journey to Oz, pretend to be married, get across Ireland. This is so key to storytelling I wish I could somehow physically implant it in the brain of everyone who reads this book. Writers so often have no idea what the Central Action
... See moreAlexandra Sokoloff • Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II: Story Structure for Pantsers and Plotters (Screenwriting Tricks For Authors (and Screenwriters!) Book 2)
Edgar Wallace Plot Wheel.
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue))
just show the story.
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
three major reversals are the necessary minimum for a full-length work of narrative art to reach the end of the line.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
- People Who Know What They Would Like to Do But Don’t Do It
John C. Maxwell • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
if you disguise exposition with ‘emotional overlay’, it’s rendered
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Andrea Seider
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make it easier on yourself and more compelling for the reader by defining a main thrust for each act.