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Finishing School
Structure & Shape
Introduction to Short Fiction
Gardener vs. Architect (Pantser vs. Plotter)
Kurt Vonnegut’s Five Basic Types of Story Structures
Three-Act Structure
Joseph Campbell’s Twelve Steps of The Hero’s Journey
Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat
Dan Well’s 7-Point Story Structure
Kishōtenketsu (non-Western Four-Act Structure)
Alice Adams’ ABDCE structure (Five-Act Structure)
Alternative Short Story Structures
First Lines: A Writing Exercise
Setting & Scene
An Introduction to Setting
Setting as Character
Place Personified
Setting as Metaphor
The Architecture of Setting: A Case Study & Writing Exercise
Characters & Archetypes
An Introduction to Creating Characters
Archetypes
The Fundamentals of Developing Characters
Character Point of View
Portraying Fear: A Writing Exercise
Lights, Camera, Action!
Putting Your Story in Motion
The Vocabulary of Movement
Blocking and Body Language
Writing Dynamic Dialogue
Enhancing Message & Theme
Creating Mood: A Writing Exercise
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