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How Story Works — 93 episodes

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Title
1

Chapter 8: On Meaning (+ End Matter)

2

Chapter 7: Character

3

Chapter 6: Structure in Practice

4

Chapter 5: Structure in Theory

5

Chapter 4: Conflict

6

Chapter 3: Narrative Principles

7

Chapter 2: Craft and Magic

8

Chapter 1 - On Story

9

Intro + How This Book Works

10

How Story Works: The Audiobook

11

The Running of the WIPs

12

Emotional Work for Writers (correct file)

13

Emotional Work for Writers

14

Marketing & Writing Magically with Joshua Unruh

15

Reframing with Melina Kantor

16

Getting Quick and Dirty with Mignon Fogarty

17

The Muddy Middle with Cara Stevens

18

Writing with ADHD

19

The Drafting Doldrums

20

Going Independent with Shipwrecked Comedy

21

Muses, Magic and Bond (Kim Sherwood Interview)

22

Pulling Magic from the Air

23

The Half of It

24

Basic Structures & How to Use Them

25

Bonus: Percolated Media interview with Lani

26

Narrative Units

27

Structure in Theory

28

How Story Works returns!

29

How Story Works: Audiobook Sample

30

Bonus: Dear Writer

31

Arrival

32

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

33

Godmothered

34

Knives Out

35

Raiders of the Lost Ark

36

Romantic Conflict

37

Goals

38

Internal and External Conflict

39

Central Narrative Conflict

40

Conflict 101

41

Finale: Character Q&A

42

Fix-It: Game Night

43

Josh Siegal

44

Luke Arnold

45

Fix-It: Hitch

46

Joshilyn Jackson

47

Characters in Action

48

Writing Distinctive Characters

49

Character Roles

50

Building Character

51

Introduction to HSW Conversations

52

Applying Narrative Theory

53

Reveling in Revision

54

Sacred Act of Drafting

55

Whistling for Discovery

56

Critique What You Love w/ Rob Heiret

57

Advanced Criticism: Dodgeball

58

Advanced Criticism: Easy A

59

It’s Okay

60

Advanced Criticism: His Girl Friday

61

Advanced Criticism: A Few Good Men

62

Advanced Criticism: Tangled

63

The Value of Criticism

64

Narrative and Life

65

Magic and Craft

66

The End of the Beginning

67

Stereotypes, Archetypes & Tropes

68

Character & Dialogue

69

The Keys to Character

70

Writing Vulnerability

71

The Character Triangle

72

Intro to Character

73

Final Narrative Units

74

Beats All The Way Down

75

Pacing

76

Structure & Dodgeball

77

Structure & Easy A

78

Structure and His Girl Friday

79

Structure & A Few Good Men

80

Structure & Tangled

81

The 7 Anchor Scenes

82

How Acts Work

83

Aristotle’s Your Uncle

84

Stuff Happens

85

How Goals Work

86

Man vs. McDonald’s

87

Protagonist, Antagonist

88

His Girl Conflict

89

The Unbalanced Force

90

The “Rules”

91

What Meaning Means

92

The Hitchhiker

93

What Story Is