Tag: Stories

  • How to Improvise? Conditional Storytelling

    How to Improvise? Conditional Storytelling

    A Simple Scene How do you Start Fast? Where are we? What’s the Atmosphere? What is the Scenery? What are the Landscapes like? What are the dominant Colors? What are the dominant Form? What’s the weather like? How much Light is there? What has been Seeded in the Setting? How does it hint at the…

  • How to Write a Sequel? Sagas

    Saga Trilogy What’s the typical Structure of a Trilogy? The Characters are Introduced. How do you Introduce them? How do they meet each other? Why do they form a team? The Antagonist reach her Goal. What’s her Goal? How does she reach it? What are the Consequences? The Protagonists thwart the Antagonists. How do they…

  • How to Write a Sequel? Familiarity & Belonging

    Home Make the Story your Own What do you want? How do you own this Story? What is the Foundation of the Story? Can you summarize this story in 5 Phrases? If there were 5 Pillars maintaining this Story what would they be? What would be the Ceiling of this Story? Where is your Story…

  • How to Write a Sequel?

    Rupture with the 1st Story How do you make the new Story Different? How is the Final Scene of the Original Story? How is the Final Scene of the Sequel? How do you compare them? Who Remains in the end? Who Suffers? Who is Satisfied? Who accomplish their Goals? How is the Exposition of the…

  • How to end a Story? A Simple Ending

    When does the Story end? 10 Chapters What’s the Structure of your Story? How many Chapters does it have? How many Scenes are there per Chapter? How Predictable is the Story? How Readable is it? Is the Public properly Prepared for the End? What kind of Preparations are used? Which Outcomes are predictable? Which Outcomes…