Difference between revisions of "Beating the Story by Robin D. Laws"
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==Our First Example== | ==Our First Example== | ||
==Laying the Groundwork== | ==Laying the Groundwork== | ||
| + | ===Diving Right In=== | ||
| + | ===Outlining=== | ||
| + | ====Which to Choose?==== | ||
| + | ===Adaptation=== | ||
| + | ===Finding Your Structure=== | ||
| + | ===Blocked Desires=== | ||
| + | ===Procedural Preparatory Steps=== | ||
| + | ====Adversary Plan==== | ||
| + | =====Controlling Your Adversary's Motivation===== | ||
| + | =====Suspense vs Surprise===== | ||
| + | =====Exposition Tax===== | ||
| + | =====Pipe List===== | ||
| + | ====Disorder Rises and the Hero Responds==== | ||
| + | ====Bidirectional Plotting==== | ||
| + | ===Arranging Seeds=== | ||
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==Mapping Your Story== | ==Mapping Your Story== | ||
==First Draft== | ==First Draft== | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 29 January 2021
Contents
- 1 How to Pretend You've Read This Book (introduction)
- 2 Foreword
- 3 Prologue
- 4 Conceiving Your Story
- 4.1 The Random Actor Method: An Idea Springboard
- 4.2 Turning Inspiration into Premise
- 4.2.1 Throughline
- 4.2.2 Core Question
- 4.2.3 Protagonist Type
- 4.2.4 Procedural Heroes
- 4.2.5 Dramatic Characters
- 4.2.6 Supporting Characters
- 4.2.7 Transformational Supporting Characters
- 4.2.8 Thematic Opposition
- 4.2.9 Genre and Expectation
- 5 The Building Blocks of Narrative
- 6 Our First Example
- 7 Laying the Groundwork
- 8 Mapping Your Story
- 9 First Draft
- 10 Revision
- 11 Editing and Giving Notes
- 12 Beat Analysis
- 13 Now, Over To You
- 14 Inspiration to Premise Worksheet
- 15 Beat Mapping Quick Reference
