Desire vs danger, it's what your story is about

August 17, 2022 00:06:28
Desire vs danger, it's what your story is about
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Desire vs danger, it's what your story is about

Aug 17 2022 | 00:06:28

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Carrie Jones Shaun Farrar

Show Notes

Dwight Swain has a book, The Techniques of a Selling Writer, and there’s a chapter (well many) that talk about story structure, but one specifically begins like this: “All stories are ‘about’ the same thing: desire versus danger.” Swain So that’s a really good place to start. What does your character desire (or as we […]

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