Category: Story
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How to find your Character’s Goal?
We are looking for Progression.Progression can only be achieved through the definition of a Goal.Character’s Goals bring Cohesion to your Story. How do you define them? Summary – 5 steps to help your Character find her Goal Define the Character’s Origins & Beliefs. Display how these Origins caused the Character Issues. Depict the moment your…
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How to create a Backstory easily? episode 2
Your Character will quit the Place she’s born in. Wherever it is the Physical Location or the Identity she’s born with. She will Evolve. How do you define her Evolution from her Backstory? Summary – 5 steps to a Background Define how the Character’s Origins disappointed her. Create a Goal justifying her Departure. In search…
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The Easiest way to Improvise – Combine 2 Elements
How do you Improvise? Combine 2 Things. Which Things? Any Things. Summary – 4 steps to an easy Improvisation Pick a 1st Element Add a 2nd Element Define 3 Relationships between these 2 Elements Add another Element Improvisation is Visualization. Imagining the Object, Character or Environment you try to flesh out is the easiest way…
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How to create a Backstory easily?
How do you create a Backstory easily? How do you create any Story easily? By Starting with the End. Summary – 5 steps to a Backstory Start with the End, or the Beginning of your actual Story. Define the Core Events of your Character’s early Story. Define the Characters she’s Interacted with. Define Issues she…
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How to Improvise? Encounters
Every Story is a chain of Encounters. Discoveries & Crisis, punctuated by phases of Rest. Each Scene is an Encounter. How do you create surprising Encounters? Summary – 6 steps to memorable Encounters Define the Atmosphere Define the Issue Define the Stakes Define the Options Fight Negotiate Flee Define the Outcome Define the Aftermath Encounters…