Tag: characters

Story Breakdown

Story Breakdown: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Part 2)

December 24, 2018 By Comments Off on Story Breakdown: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Part 2)

Season’s greetings, storyosophers!

Where do you think you’re going? Nobody’s leaving. Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no! We’re all in this together. We’re gonna press on to Part 2 of our National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation story breakdown, and we’re gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny f*cking Kaye.

In part 2 of this special holiday Breakdown episode, Adam and Devin conclude their discussion of the comedy classic “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” by examining Acts 2 and 3.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Season 2

32: Story Architects

August 23, 2018 By Comments Off on 32: Story Architects

In this episode, we continue our introduction to story structure. What are the different ways you can approach story structure? What does it mean to be a story architect? Devin and Adam discuss how to design and build your story’s structure.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Season 2

31: Introduction to Story Structure

August 4, 2018 By Comments Off on 31: Introduction to Story Structure

Season Two begins!

Adam and Devin embark on their exploration of story structure and its design. Master your storytelling structure! Why do storytellers struggle with story structure so much? How can you look at story structure as a freeing process rather than a limitation?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Season 1

26: Subplot – Part 1

May 10, 2018 By Comments Off on 26: Subplot – Part 1

How do you differentiate between A-B-and-C stories? How do you use them in conjunction with each other to elevate the plot? How does it relate to theme? Devin and Adam discuss subplot.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Season 1

20: Resolution Part 2

March 28, 2018 By Comments Off on 20: Resolution Part 2

Tune in for a good trick for your toolbox and examples of some not so conventional resolutions. Continuing from last week’s episode, Adam and Devin conclude their discussion on resolution.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Season 1

19: Resolution-Part 1

March 21, 2018 By Comments Off on 19: Resolution-Part 1

How do you dovetail all your story elements together at the end? How is a cliffhanger its own form of resolution? Devin and Adam explore resolution in this two-part episode.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Season 1

17: Dialogue and Subtext-Part 2

March 7, 2018 By Comments Off on 17: Dialogue and Subtext-Part 2

Devin and Adam conclude their two-part discussion about dialogue and subtext with some great examples and helpful tricks to write subtext easily.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Season 1

16: Dialogue and Subtext-Part 1

February 28, 2018 By Comments Off on 16: Dialogue and Subtext-Part 1

What is the difference between what a person is saying and what they are not saying, or saying beneath the surface? Devin and Adam discuss the value of great dialogue and subtext in this two-part episode.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Season 1

15: Character Arc

February 21, 2018 By Comments Off on 15: Character Arc

How is character arc different from the plot of a story? What makes a successful character arc? Adam and Devin continue their discussion about character transformations.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Scroll to top