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Breaking Down the Elements of a Story
Breaking Down the Elements of a Story
Curriculum
8 Sections
36 Lessons
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Chapter 5: Unpacking Your Idea
16
1.1
I Have This Great Idea. Now What?
1.1
Quiz for I Have This Great Idea. Now What?
6 Questions
1.2
Getting to Know Your Audience
1.2
Quiz for Getting to Know Your Audience
7 Questions
1.3
Knowing What Happened Before Your Story Began: Creating the Backstory
1.3
Quiz for Knowing What Happened Before Your Story Began: Creating the Backstory
6 Questions
1.4
Identifying the Tone of Your Piece
1.4
Quiz for Identifying the Tone of Your Piece
6 Questions
1.5
Establishing Your Story’s Time Clock
1.5
Quiz for Establishing Your Story’s Time Clock
6 Questions
1.6
Deciding When to Start Your Story
1.6
Quiz for Deciding When to Start Your Story
6 Questions
1.7
Getting to Know Aristotle: A Dramatist’s Best Friend
1.7
Quiz for Getting to Know Aristotle: A Dramatist’s Best Friend
7 Questions
1.8
What’s It All About?: Writing an Effective Synopsis
1.8
Quiz for What’s It All About?: Writing an Effective Synopsis
6 Questions
Chapter 6: Plot Part I: Beginnings
4
2.1
Crafting an Eye-Opening Opener
2.1
Quiz for Crafting an Eye-Opening Opener
7 Questions
2.2
Three Compelling (and Contrasting) Movie Beginnings
2.2
Quiz for Three Compelling (and Contrasting) Movie Beginnings
6 Questions
Chapter 7: Plot Part II: Middles
14
3.1
Muddling through the Middle
3.1
Quiz for Muddling through the Middle
6 Questions
3.2
From Lights to Camera to … ACTION!
3.2
Quiz for From Lights to Camera to … ACTION!
7 Questions
3.3
Status: Where’s the Upper Hand?
3.3
Quiz for Status: Where’s the Upper Hand?
7 Questions
3.4
What’s Your Problem? Introducing Conflicts and Obstacles
3.4
Quiz for What’s Your Problem? Introducing Conflicts and Obstacles
7 Questions
3.5
Exposition: From Clunky to Creative
3.5
Quiz for Exposition: From Clunky to Creative
6 Questions
3.6
Determining What to Write from What You’ve Written
3.6
Quiz for Determining What to Write from What You’ve Written
5 Questions
3.7
Three Compelling (and Contrasting) Movie Middles
3.7
Quiz for Three Compelling (and Contrasting) Movie Middles
7 Questions
Chapter 8: Plot Part III: Endings
6
4.1
Are We There Yet? How to Know When You’re Done
4.1
Quiz for Are We There Yet? How to Know When You’re Done
5 Questions
4.2
Danger Will Robinson: Threats to an Otherwise Healthy Plot
4.2
Quiz for Danger Will Robinson: Threats to an Otherwise Healthy Plot
5 Questions
4.3
Ultimate Success: Tracking Three Movies through Their Triumphant Conclusions
4.3
Quiz for Ultimate Success: Tracking Three Movies through Their Triumphant Conclusions
5 Questions
Chapter 9: Character Building
6
5.1
Portrait of a Person: Constructing a Physical World
5.1
Quiz for Portrait of a Person: Constructing a Physical World
6 Questions
5.2
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Constructing an Internal World
5.2
Quiz for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Constructing an Internal World
6 Questions
5.3
From the Inside Out: Making the Inner World Visible
5.3
Quiz for From the Inside Out: Making the Inner World Visible
6 Questions
Chapter 10: Delivering Dynamic Dialogue
8
6.1
Diction: What’s in a Word?
6.1
Quiz for Diction: What’s in a Word?
6 Questions
6.2
Name That Tune: Crafting Your Character’s Music
6.2
Quiz for Name That Tune: Crafting Your Character’s Music
7 Questions
6.3
Letting the Listener Lead
6.3
Quiz for Letting the Listener Lead
5 Questions
6.4
Putting It Together: Characters in Conversation
6.4
Quiz for Putting It Together: Characters in Conversation
7 Questions
Chapter 11: The Nontraditional Film
12
7.1
Breaking with Tradition: Other Ways to Get the Job Done
7.1
Quiz for Breaking with Tradition: Other Ways to Get the Job Done
6 Questions
7.2
Tinkering with Time
7.2
Quiz for Tinkering with Time
6 Questions
7.3
Song and Dance: The Movie Musical
7.3
Quiz for Song and Dance: The Movie Musical
6 Questions
7.4
One Click Away: Writing a Web Series
7.4
Quiz for One Click Away: Writing a Web Series
6 Questions
7.5
Scripting the Short (Film)
7.5
Quiz for Scripting the Short (Film)
6 Questions
7.6
Finding the Festival for You
7.6
Quiz for Finding the Festival for You
7 Questions
Chapter 12: Maintaining an Audience’s Trust
6
8.1
Screenwriting and Ethics
8.1
Quiz for Screenwriting and Ethics
5 Questions
8.2
Screenwriting and Responsibility
8.2
Quiz for Screenwriting and Responsibility
7 Questions
8.3
A Gift for Gab: How to Conduct a Meaningful Interview
8.3
Quiz for A Gift for Gab: How to Conduct a Meaningful Interview
6 Questions
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