Writer's Circle: The Anatomy of Story - 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
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I kind of find a way of doing that naturally. Typically I use a situation that is universally sympathetic, someone dying, someone being killed, or some type of assault.
From there you can both transform the character and build them up at the same time. Their motivations become transparent, and thus creating an organic caring sensation in the reader
would you air the video of a podcast?
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True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by David Mamet
William H. Macy mentioned this book on the podcast Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. I’m not an actor, but I sometimes direct them in the sound booth or second-hand (via the director) on commercial shoots…
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how on earth did I miss this thread over the course of 6 years?
I would encourage anyone interested not only in writing, but in the "architecture" of how stories are built (what the components or building blocks that are used to build the story are and what they mean, why they are put together the way they are, why they work or don't work and what can make a compelling story that resonates with people) to check out the works of Joseph Campbell.
A comparative mythologist (job title lol), Campbell studied myths from all over the world and from throughout almost all of man's written history. He discussed the similarities found in these stories from seemingly disparate cultures, separated by either geography or time, and wondered where the commonality he found in them sprung from.
Here's the first episode in a 6 episode series talking about this shit with Bill Moyers. It's an hour long, but if this is the kind of thing you're into, that time will fly by and the other episodes are available on youtube for free.
Campbell's work serves as a template for many successful hollywood writers (George Lucas, Dan Harmon, Suzanne Collins, the Wachowski..... sisters?). A quick search of "Joseph Campbell the hero's journey" will bring up endless summations and applications of what he taught, but among the best summations I've seen is from Christopher Vogler. he's got a book out about the Campbell method and scripts/screenplays, but here he boils it down to like 10 minutes.
I would encourage anyone interested not only in writing, but in the "architecture" of how stories are built (what the components or building blocks that are used to build the story are and what they mean, why they are put together the way they are, why they work or don't work and what can make a compelling story that resonates with people) to check out the works of Joseph Campbell.
A comparative mythologist (job title lol), Campbell studied myths from all over the world and from throughout almost all of man's written history. He discussed the similarities found in these stories from seemingly disparate cultures, separated by either geography or time, and wondered where the commonality he found in them sprung from.
Here's the first episode in a 6 episode series talking about this shit with Bill Moyers. It's an hour long, but if this is the kind of thing you're into, that time will fly by and the other episodes are available on youtube for free.
Campbell's work serves as a template for many successful hollywood writers (George Lucas, Dan Harmon, Suzanne Collins, the Wachowski..... sisters?). A quick search of "Joseph Campbell the hero's journey" will bring up endless summations and applications of what he taught, but among the best summations I've seen is from Christopher Vogler. he's got a book out about the Campbell method and scripts/screenplays, but here he boils it down to like 10 minutes.
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by David Mamet
William H. Macy mentioned this book on the podcast Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. I’m not an actor, but I sometimes direct them in the sound booth or second-hand (via the director) on commercial shoots…
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