Bones of Story Telling/AM & PM
"I'm so happy I signed up for this class.
You have blown me away with your enthusiasm and passion.
Wow, can't wait to dig in and do the work." ~ Michael T.
Welcome to the page for participants in the Tuesday, Bones of Storytelling Class
Sept. 17/ CLASS 1: Plot unmasked - seven possibilities
Sept. 24/CLASS 2: Concept/Theme and Creation (Three, four and five part)
Oct. 1/CLASS 3: Character unmasked - seven characters &light/dark interp.
Oct. 8/CLASS 4: Structure Unmasked
Oct. 15/CLASS 5: Structure Practical Application
Oct. 22/CLASS 6: ASSIGNMENT TO MEET TOGETHER
Oct. 29/CLASS 7: Present
Nov. 5/CLASS 8: Present
Nov. 12/CLASS 9: Present
Nov. 19/CLASS 10: Present - Scene discussion/Writer's Block.
Homework Class 4:
1) Finish your lists of characters and assignments of rolls.
2) Finish character studies
3) Watch a couple of movies with a stop watch and get those plot points mapped out.
Homework Class 3: 1) List out your characters and isolate your hero (the one who changes the most). 2) Write down labels for each of the characters in the story following the Booker and Campbell model. 3) Ask the questions on pg. 112-114 of your hero (include in your final report). 4) Free write essays where you ask each of the other “main” characters to talk you.
Homework Class 2:
1) Finish What If questions. Remember, there is no right or wrong. Don't analyze while you create. Just create.
2) Balance out your theme.
Homework Class 1:
1) Ask yourself what books you love to read (or loved to read) and consider writing in that genre.
2) Ask yourself what your ending is. Wait until you can see it and then, write it.
3) See where your own story fits in the seven plots discussed in class. Reference texts:
Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Story Engineering by Larry Brooks (required)
Tell it Slant by Brenda Miller
Screenwriters Problem Solver by Syd Fields
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (required)
Punctuation Basics (link--print please)
You leave this class with a definitive plan to write your book.
You have blown me away with your enthusiasm and passion.
Wow, can't wait to dig in and do the work." ~ Michael T.
Welcome to the page for participants in the Tuesday, Bones of Storytelling Class
Sept. 17/ CLASS 1: Plot unmasked - seven possibilities
Sept. 24/CLASS 2: Concept/Theme and Creation (Three, four and five part)
Oct. 1/CLASS 3: Character unmasked - seven characters &light/dark interp.
Oct. 8/CLASS 4: Structure Unmasked
Oct. 15/CLASS 5: Structure Practical Application
Oct. 22/CLASS 6: ASSIGNMENT TO MEET TOGETHER
Oct. 29/CLASS 7: Present
Nov. 5/CLASS 8: Present
Nov. 12/CLASS 9: Present
Nov. 19/CLASS 10: Present - Scene discussion/Writer's Block.
Homework Class 4:
1) Finish your lists of characters and assignments of rolls.
2) Finish character studies
3) Watch a couple of movies with a stop watch and get those plot points mapped out.
Homework Class 3: 1) List out your characters and isolate your hero (the one who changes the most). 2) Write down labels for each of the characters in the story following the Booker and Campbell model. 3) Ask the questions on pg. 112-114 of your hero (include in your final report). 4) Free write essays where you ask each of the other “main” characters to talk you.
Homework Class 2:
1) Finish What If questions. Remember, there is no right or wrong. Don't analyze while you create. Just create.
2) Balance out your theme.
Homework Class 1:
1) Ask yourself what books you love to read (or loved to read) and consider writing in that genre.
2) Ask yourself what your ending is. Wait until you can see it and then, write it.
3) See where your own story fits in the seven plots discussed in class. Reference texts:
Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Story Engineering by Larry Brooks (required)
Tell it Slant by Brenda Miller
Screenwriters Problem Solver by Syd Fields
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (required)
Punctuation Basics (link--print please)
You leave this class with a definitive plan to write your book.
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