Episode 70: Breaking the Rules

In today’s episode, we discuss non-traditional narratives and shaking it all up. Angie reviews the framework of the 7 Steps of Story and the importance of character psychology and the protagonist’s limiting belief in developing plot. Want to break out from that structure? Get clear on your goal, the reason you want to break the mold/ rules, and what you are trying to do and then try going backwards, reorganizing elements, using POV to limit information, creating an altered consciousness and controlling information. We also talk about how we’ve applied and broken from these principles in our own work, conscious versus unconscious creativity, tracking and organizing your work, the challenges of teaching writing or describing the writing process, ignoring the voice in your head that is full of doubt, observing character and group dynamics in the real world, theme, and, yes, more... [email protected] Links Discussed: Momento Tony Kushner Angels in America Linda Aheensen 21st Century Screenplay Requiem for a Dream Girl on a Train The Hearing Trumpet by Leonard Carrington East of Eden by John Steinbeck Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley Carolina deRobertis episode Sonoma Country Writers Camp Free Class Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival--everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success. The hosts: Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com. Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.