The Structure of Story: How to Write Great Stories by Focusing on What Really Matters

by Ross Hartmann, Esther Chilton (Editor)

Overview

What do all great stories have in common? What techniques do great writers use? The Structure of Story details the specific writing tools that will help you recognize and apply the patterns of great stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781735603827
Publisher:	Kiingo
Publication date:	11/14/2020
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Tools, Not Rules

2. First Principles of Story

I. The Blueprints

Starting With an Idea

3. Plotting From Dramatic Tension

Desire, Opposition, and Conflict

Fear in Drama

The Protagonist and the Antagonist

Structural Opposition of Desire

Dramatic Tension and the Dramatic Question

Stakes

Manipulating Information

Suspense

Surprise

Promises

Tension

Explicit Tension

Implicit Tension

Plotting From a Dramatic Question

Editorial Reviews

"It's a perfect time in Hollywood for a book like this to help elevate the craft of screenwriting. Ross has created an invaluable guide for exploring the complex elements of story that will help beginning writers and seasoned professionals to tell deeper stories. It's a must have book for your collection. I've added it to my shelf next to my computer." - Mark Sanderson, screenwriter and author of "A Screenwriter's Journey to Success"

"Ross Hartmann's masterful writing craft book, The Structure of Story, offers clear information about what it takes to create and maintain the all-important suspense-building tool, "narrative drive." This eminently readable book goes beyond explaining what to do; it shows you how to do it. Keep this book close by--you'll refer to it over and over again!" - Jane K. Cleland, author of "Mastering Plot Twists" and "Mastering Suspense"

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