Creative Writing Story Structure- advanced Part 1/12

Posted by admin on January 20th, 2010 and filed under story plot | 22 Comments »

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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1802516/three_things_to_strengthen_your_writing.html?cat=10

In this video series I cover story structure and plot. I recommend the following books.

Here is the play list for all 12 parts http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=92B3E146AB7D132F

Between the Lines
The Anatomy of Story
Write Great Fiction: Character, Emotion, Point of View.

Here is the link to the story structure image used in the video.

http://neil.net78.net/storystructure.jpg

Here is the link to the first draft of my novel Bending Nature.

http://www.webook.com/project/Vampire-Romance-A-new-kind-of-vampire-TEEN

Here is the link to Agija, the sci-fi novel I am writing based on the idea I came up with while making these videos.

http://www.webook.com/project/Agija

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22 Responses

  1. greengrendel Says:

    “if you have a …
    “if you have a character and he has this moral dilemma but doesen’t know what his goal is…”

    I LOVE YOU!! XD That’s what was stopping me. I was looking for “conflict” but couldn’t come up with anything that fit. Well of course, if I don’t know what my MC wants :P Ty!!

  2. Flaoither3 Says:

    congrats you just …
    congrats you just got subscribed

  3. kamigua Says:

    Muchas garcias por …
    Muchas garcias por este trabajo que es de mucha ayuda para los que estamos empezando en el arte del escribir. Thanks you by share it.

  4. habesha321 Says:

    great video man… …
    great video man… thank you for taking your time.

  5. totallymoah Says:

    I love it already! …
    I love it already! This really helps! thankyou very much! :D

  6. cmaas5198 Says:

    any chance of …
    any chance of posting to teachertube? youtube is blocked by many school districts; useful information

  7. vivekanandila Says:

    Great work…. …
    Great work…. thanks a lot for sharing….

  8. debauchery73 Says:

    This video is …
    This video is awesome! Great Job!

  9. gatoeeuu Says:

    Most of the …
    Most of the comments/criticism are not helpful so please get the off the highway or else post something “better”. I think this guy did a great job presenting the best of the best from his own research.

  10. architectus777 Says:

    True. And every …
    True. And every time the ending I had originally planned is not exactly how things turn out.

    If you don’t know the ending, then foreshadowing will be difficult, and will have to later be inserted. If done that way, hopefully it doesnt feel inserted. If you know the ending, the foreshadowing will come naturally.

  11. Kwinnky Says:

    Knowing your ending …
    Knowing your ending still leaves a lot of room for discovery. Many writers do so without being boring, and they also get to weave in foreshadowing and motifs.

  12. danicontessa Says:

    I really like the …
    I really like the way you break the information down. I totally agree with making the ending available to the writer/reader ahead of time, Kurt Vonnegut does this also. I feel like you’ve helped me more in these few minutes than my own creative writing workshop has done. Thanks so much for posting this and please continue to make more!

  13. architectus777 Says:

    I don’t mean to …
    I don’t mean to state it as a matter of fact, but just that if you know the ending it is easy to get your characters there.

  14. architectus777 Says:

    That’s the time I …
    That’s the time I heard that, interesting.

  15. dietdrpepperaddict Says:

    I can’t help but …
    I can’t help but picture Matthew Broderick in Ferris Beuler’s Day Off when listening, you sound a lot like him. Haha. Thanks for the videos. :)

  16. Brad300909 Says:

    I disagree with …
    I disagree with your statement that you must know the ending before you start or otherwise you will just chug along and not have a good ending. That’s not how I write. I write a story as I go and in doing so I suprise myself and the reader. Otherwise, the ending is often predictable or boring

  17. EleFlameMax Says:

    The most important …
    The most important thing to remember when discussing intricate story structure is to keep it subtle. I think when you begin a story, start it stupid. It should be a crazy amalgamation of cliche and then, as you sharply pointed out, and then you work from there. I WAY concur with your sharp assertion that the ending should be unearthed first and then everything before will follow. The best writers are the most manipulative.

    This here is really quality material. Thank you.

  18. Ever2L8T Says:

    so much rape o.0

    so much rape o.0
    its a tragity aready sniffs!!!

  19. architectus777 Says:

    They can be used …
    They can be used for any sort of story telling.

  20. TheSeize102 Says:

    Hey, great stuff! …
    Hey, great stuff! Can these ideas be applied to comic book storytelling?

  21. xxbmetcalfexx Says:

    i used this in my …
    i used this in my lesson it very good useful

  22. architectus777 Says:

    If you enjoed it …
    If you enjoed it leave a comment. Also let me know what topics you would like to see in the future, thanks.

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