EVERYTHING You Need to Know About Story Structure (Full Course)
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
- In this video, I'll share the secret science behind writing bestselling books. It's also about screenplays that stand the test of time. We're diving deep into story structure. Successful authors and screenwriters have used it for generations. I'll break down three common story structures. They are: Three Act Structure, The Hero's Journey, and the 15 Save the Cat Beats. We'll analyze examples, such as "Harry Potter," "The Matrix," and "Star Wars." We'll also look at "Everything Everywhere All At Once." This will show how these structures work in practice.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:32 - The F Word: Formula V/S DNA
07:02 - Commonalities of Successful Stories
12:09 - Different Models of Story Structure
14:13 - Three-Act Structure Explained
19:38 - Act 1: Exposition
20:57 - Act 2: Rising Action
24:08 - Act 3: Pre-Climax
28:17 - The Hero's Journey Explained
31:07 - Part#1 Departure
36:33 - Part#2 Initiation
40:49 - Part#3 Return
44:18 - Save the Cat Beats Explained
45:45 - Step 1 & 15 Explained
48:40 - From Step 2 to 14 Explained
1:02:34 - How to Plot a Novel
1:07:53 - Conclusion
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It was so good to hear this stuff in plain English from a literate, erudite writer who actually understands what he is talking about-and zero, absolutely zero fluff or flannel. If only all 'how-to' videos were like this.
Glad to catch this live. After studying a lot of story structure over the years, I've realized that most of it is really more sophisticated variations of the old-fashioned beginning, middle, and end of story model. Like your concise synthesis of these modern plot paradigms.
Your video is definitive, I may have to watch it several times to take it in but it will be worth the effort. I am moving from a discovery writer to a plotter and need all the help I can get. Your video hits all the right notes.
Thank you!
This is a great summary of K. M. Weiland's book on Story Structure!! Thanks! Great job!
bro... this is REALLY good... this is the best RUclips video ive watch all year... more like this please 💪
More to come!
That DNA analogy was great.
Hey Jason! Wow! Glad to see this video live. I'm currently trying to set up my scenes, this explanation on your 40-Scenes outline falls right on time. PERFECT! 🙌
I came to this same conclusion in my own research!!
You are the second youtuber i have found now that finally says it!
Great video, new sub
Welcome aboard!
I like what Stephen King says in On Writing, even if he doesn't always follow it himself. Basically the linear story comes first, not the theme or long descriptions of characters and places, or character studies or flashbacks, with easy to understand prose.
Thank you Jason. For a newbie writer of fiction, your channel has helped me a lot
Jason! This was fantastic! I want to get back into writing and publishing. I have 70 books on Amazon now, but my peak was 2012-14 and now I earn just a few bucks a month. Most of what's out there was outsourced, and I'm a huge believer in AI so just looking at your website I'm thoroughly intrigued! I have a few novel outlines already but with my ADD I've struggled to fill in the details, so I'm gonna join your membership and start actually creating stuff again! Thank you for all your great work!!
You're a delight!
Great video. I would say that the Matrix fits the Hero's Journey really well. Although I liked the fresh perspective of it from the 3 act structure.
Works with Save the Cat too!
Hi, I have a manuscript I finished writing in 2018. It has been edited once by a editor and had beta readers go over it. I want to turn it into a screenplay. How can I turn it into a screenplay and which tools should I use that you are familiar with that can do it. I want it to save me time and nit take months to rewrite it into a screenplay. Thank you for your channel. I'm a new sub.
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Very interesting stuff. Where can I find your 40 Chapter Novle Outline?
Storyhacker.ai just sign up for the email list.
League of Legends cinematics (at least the newer ones) tend to follow story structure as well
Also, kishotenketsu plot structure for us Asians in Asia.
I want to know which structure should I use romance story
Look up romancing the beat. But you’ll notice that the steps are the same, just named something different for romance.
Gwen Haye's Romancing the Beat is great!!
While it's true that the steps are the same, it's not. Look at Save the Cat, then Hero's Journey, then other 'outlines' and you will see some similarities (they all tell a tale), but the genre will make some outlines fit better than the others. For romance, I would start with Romancing the Beat. I used it, but combined it with D.M. 24 Chapter outline. Your romance will have something else in it (?) like a mystery, or comedy, or ??? then look at the outlines for those genres and pull what you need into your Romancing the Beat outline. If it's your first romance, definitely use the standard for the genre and build out from there.
Romancing The Beat is a popular one, but, really, you can use any plot structure that you feel will help tell your story the way you want.
@@canaisyoung3601 thanks
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Oppenheimer was a yawn. Needed to be 30 minutes shorter. As a history graduate, it ran like a propaganda movie. I can see why many neo-liberals liked it, however.
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