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WELCOME AND OVERVIEW
LESSON 0: Welcome and Overview (7:57)
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STEP 1: THE BASICS - CREATING FROM SCRATCH
LESSON 1: Why Outlining Will Give You a Huge Advantage (5:17)
LESSON 2: The 3-Act Structure and Why You Don’t Need It (8:10)
LESSON 3: Plotting for Dummies: Your Dead-Simple Plot in 20 Minutes (5:08)
LESSON 4: Story Questions (Story Arcs): How to Grab Your Audience and Keep Them Hooked (10:02)
STEP 2: YOUR STEP-BY-STEP PLOT-BUILDING KIT
LESSON 5: Your Plot-Building Kit: From Story Idea to Plot (10:02)
LESSON 6: What Your Outline Should Include (4:00)
LESSON 7: If Characters Come to You First (2:34)
LESSON 8: If Single Scenes or Images, or the Ending Come to You First (2:50)
LESSON 9: If Theme Comes to You First (Converting Message into Story) (3:39)
LESSON 10: Starting with a Bang (9:13)
LESSON 11: Your Climax: The Moment Everybody Has Been Waiting for (Raising the Stakes) (7:55)
LESSON 12: Creating an Ending to Remember (12:03)
LESSON 13: How to Construct Your Single Scene (15:21)
STEP 3: LAYING DOWN YOUR STRUCTURE
LESSON 14: Pacing and Flow: Draw Your Readers Deep Inside Your Story (12:27)
LESSON 15: How to Make Your Subplots and Multi-Book Plots Work (15:49)
LESSON 16: How to Make Your Theme Work: Powerful Messages and Subtext (7:46)
LESSON 17: Making Your Story Parts Fit Together (3:23)
STEP 4: YOUR SECRET TOOLS
LESSON 18: A Word about Conflict (9:10)
LESSON 19: Additional Twists, Turning Points and Surprises Made Easy (7:54)
LESSON 20: Stuck in the Middle: How to Turn Your Sagging Middle into Gold (13:20)
LESSON 21: How to Make Boring Filler Scenes Exciting (6:39)
LESSON 22: Take Advantage of Locations and Mood (8:08)
LESSON 23: How to Show Your Character’s Change (7:08)
BONUS MODULE: THE 3 EXAMPLE PLOTS
INTRODUCTION BONUS MODULE: THE 3 EXAMPLE PLOTS (1:34)
EXAMPLE STORY 1: Full Plot of “Dirty Naked Polls” (Romance) (8:32)
EXAMPLE STORY 2: Full Plot of “The Black Elixir” (Fantasy) (6:01)
EXAMPLE STORY 3: Full Plot of “Tango for Two" or "The Woman That Nobody Knew” (Mystery) (6:04)
EXAMPLE STORY 2: Full Plot of “The Black Elixir” (Fantasy)
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