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.
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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.
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How are change, growth, and evolution vital to the characters of a story and their audience? Adam and Devin examine transformation and catharsis.
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What is a character giving up and what are they gaining? What does it mean to raise the stakes? How do you raise them? Devin and Adam explore the “stakes” of a story.
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What is the tone or mood of a piece? How are you expressing your story? What is the overall voice? Adam and Devin examine tone, style, and genre.
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What is the storyteller trying to “say” in a story? How do they express that theme? How do they find a balance between too obvious or so subtle it is lost? In this episode, Devin and Adam explore these questions about theme.
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What are story events, scenes and sequences? Devin and Adam examine the core elements of plot within story and how to begin structuring.
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Where and when does a story take place? Is it set in the past, present, or future? In our world or in some fictional place? Adam and Devin explore how setting is one of the most important “characters” of all.
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Is conflict necessary in story? Devin and Adam discuss/debate sources and forces of antagonism and the origins and nature of conflict in storytelling.
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Brainstorming and development, structuring, writing, editing, and feedback. Adam and Devin discuss aspects of the writing process.
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