How to Write a Short Story

Posted by admin on May 2nd, 2010 and filed under short story | 13 Comments »

Watch this video for a demonstration of “How to Write a Short Story”. To complete the task, you will need:

Idea
Pen
Paper

Get started with the first step: Come up with an idea for a story. Start with what you know; then move to what you don’t know to draw inspiration.

For the complete guide, go to http://www.howcast.com/videos/291553-How-To-Write-a-Short-Story

Also check out Howcast for other do it yourself videos from wogelife and more videos in the Fiction Writing category.

How can you contribute? Create your own DIY guide at http://www.howcast.com/videos/new or apply to the Howcast Emerging Filmmakers Program at http://www.howcast.com/filmmakers/apply

Duration : 0:1:25

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Creative Writing Story Structure- advanced Part 5/12

Posted by admin on April 23rd, 2010 and filed under story plot | 4 Comments »

For free writing lessons via video

http://www.masteredit.netii.net

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 an up to date Story Guide. I like to look at this as I think of my stories.
http://masteredit.netii.net/storystructure.htm

You can read the first chapter of my fantasy novel End of All by clicking the link below. It is a first draft.

http://www.webook.com/project/The-End-of-All

Duration : 0:9:36

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Creative Writing Story Structure- advanced Part 3/12

Posted by admin on February 16th, 2010 and filed under story plot | 25 Comments »

For free writing lessons via video

http://www.masteredit.netii.net

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 an up to date Story Guide. I like to look at this as I think of my stories.
http://masteredit.netii.net/storystructure.htm

You can read the first chapter of my fantasy novel End of All by clicking the link below. It is a first draft.

http://www.webook.com/project/The-End-of-All

Duration : 0:9:54

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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

Posted by admin on January 30th, 2010 and filed under stories | 25 Comments »

http://www.ted.com Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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Creative Writing Story Structure- advanced Part 2/12

Posted by admin on January 24th, 2010 and filed under story plot | 25 Comments »

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.
Screenplay by Syd Field

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

Duration : 0:9:58

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Creative Writing Story Structure- advanced Part 1/12

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

Please click on this link. By clicking on it you support me for I can continue to bring you videos. The link is to an article about writing, but you don’t have to read it. All you have to do is click on the link. Thanks.

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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Creative Writing Story Structure- advanced Part 4/12

Posted by admin on January 17th, 2010 and filed under story plot | 9 Comments »

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://manfacedgods.com/images/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

Duration : 0:10:0

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