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The Audience

Who Tells the Story: Narrative Point of View

Introduction

Your Unmistakably Unique Worldview

Researching the Novel

Narrative Voice, Point of View, and Dialogue

Working With A Co-Author

Micro-worldbuilding: Power Dynamics and Cultural Appropriation

Finding Your Story Within The Subject

Conducting the Interview

Meet Your Instructor: Issa Rae

Narrative Point of View

Selecting and Utilizing Point of View

Choose the Best Story Perspective

Group Workshop: E is for Edie by Jeanie Bergen

Getting Started in Comedy

Story Techniques

Final Thoughts

Meet Your Instructors: The Duffer Brothers

Getting to the Pitch

You’ve Sold Your Script. Now What?

Conclusion

Tips for Writing Television

Developing the Film

Finding Your Voice & Inspiration

Resourcefulness Is Everything

Pep Talk: You Ready to Do This?

Jodie’s Short Film: The Screenwriter-Director Collaboration

Vision

Direct With Honest Leadership

Collaborate With Others on a Screenplay

Finding Your Comedic Voice

The “Stranger Things” Pitch

Sell It

How to Find a Literary Agent

Finding Funding

Treatments, Pitching, and Funding

Pitching Your Show

It’s Great, but They’ll Never Buy It: Selling a Crazy Idea

Rule #5:
Make Noise to Stand Out

Innovation

Pitching

Pitching Ideas

Cost Plus Drugs: Disrupting Legacy Industries

Craft Compelling Story Pitches

Structuring Your Novel: Layered Narratives and Other Variations

Working With Time in Fiction

Developing a Season Arc

Developing Fictional Characters

Outlines: Part 1

Outlines: Part 2

Outlining

Structure and Form

Putting Words On Paper

Dramatic Rules

Structuring the Plot

Structuring the Plot (Cont'd)

Scenes

Writing Process: First Draft

Developing Your Story

Creating Plot Structure - Part 1

Craft Seamless Story Transitions

Story and Plot

Creating Compelling Characters

The Novel and the Shifting Sands of Genre

Raw Ideas

Creating Characters

Writing Suspense

Pacing, Tension, and Suspense

Who to Read

Story Ideas

Creating Heroes and Villains

Character Case Study: The Da Vinci Code

Building a Story From the Ground Up 

Other Rich Sources of Ideas

Outlining: Plot Twists and Tricks

Craft Suspenseful, Twisting Plots

Case Study: The Dark Knight

Editing: Part 1

Demo: Working With the Set, Props, and Camera

Film Acting Technique, Part 2

Working With Your Cinematographer

Editing

Cinematography

Scene Deconstruction: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Frost/Nixon: Staging Review

Editing: Part 2

Locations

Jodie’s Short Film: Constructing a Scene

Prep and Moving Into the Doing

THE TERMINATOR Club Scene Breakdown

Direct Vivid Film Scenes

Film Story Arc

Student Session: Workshopping Tim's Act

Building Your Final Outline

Determine How to Tell Your Story

Story vs. Plot

Plot

Building A Chapter

Ending The Book

Creating Characters Grounded in Reality

Writing Chapters and Scenes

Ignite Dramatic Story Conflicts

Intention & Obstacle

Rules of Story

Group Workshop: Untitled by JJ Braider

Rewrites: First Draft

Rewrites: Notes

The Elements of a Script: Description, Action & Dialogue

Breaking Down a Script

Writing a Script: Process

Writing Process (Cont'd)

Workshopping Scripts, Part 2

Finding the Story

Evaluating a Script

Refining a Script

Refine Scripts for Maximum Impact

Writing for Different Age Levels

The Key to Scary Writing: POV

How to Scare Your Readers

Making Monsters

Mixing Horror and Humor

Creating Middle Grade Characters

Twenty Story Ideas for You

Exercises to Get You Going

Spin Terrifying Horror Stories

The Door to Your Book: The Importance of the First Five Pages

Opening Lines With Power

First Lines

Book Titles And Covers

Marketing The Patterson Way

Constructing Chapters

Titles

Start Your Story With a Bang

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Pitch & Write Stories for Film & TV

Pitch & Write Stories for Film & TV