The sexy part of story structure: Scene and Sequel

August 31, 2022 • 00:05:59
The sexy part of story structure: Scene and Sequel
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The sexy part of story structure: Scene and Sequel

Aug 31 2022 | 00:05:59

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Carrie Jones Shaun Farrar

Show Notes

So last week on the podcast and on our blog where we elaborated a bit, we talked about the four main elements of story structure according to Dwight Swain, who wrote The Techniques of the Selling Writer. Those were: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation reaction […]
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