Embark with us on the Heroes Journey! We’ll be studying the structure of an Epic Novel, taking it apart step by step to uncover the secrets of a best-selling novel!
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Here’s a syllabus of the pit stops we’ll be making along the way:
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The Writer’s World and Discipline |
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Premise |
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3 Steps to a great hero |
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3 Steps to a great heroine |
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Using the GREATEST devices: Great Fear/Greatest Dream |
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Competing Values |
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StoryWorld |
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Inciting Incident |
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Hook |
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Building a Scene |
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Stakes |
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Goals |
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Backstory |
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Secondary Characters |
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Dialogue |
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POV |
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Inner Monologue |
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Writing Tension in a Scene |
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Weaving in Spiritual Threads |
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Romance – Love me Tender |
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Villains |
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Writing Suspense – Structure |
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Emotional Layering |
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Subplots – how they affect the heroes world and create new stakes |
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Writing Character change without overwriting |
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Writing High Action scenes |
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The Black Moment |
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Epiphany |
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New Story World |
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Using Metaphor and Symbolism/Theme |
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Editing Techniques |
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Synopsis writing |
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Agents Spotlight |
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Publishers Spotlight |