Glad to catch this live. After studying a lot of story structure over the years, I've realized that most of it is really more sophisticated variations of the old-fashioned beginning, middle, and end of story model. Like your concise synthesis of these modern plot paradigms.
It was so good to hear this stuff in plain English from a literate, erudite writer who actually understands what he is talking about-and zero, absolutely zero fluff or flannel. If only all 'how-to' videos were like this.
I've been writing since 1994, and switched from novels to screenplays as my forte'. "Save the Cat" is one of the five screenplay software I use for my work, and they are based on my needs of use. (Much if my writing is done while traveling on the run). It was good to see Blake Synder mentioned here. As a technologist, YOUR channel is my very best go-to for today's premiere writing strategies. Thanks for all you do to bting us such great content.
Jason! This was fantastic! I want to get back into writing and publishing. I have 70 books on Amazon now, but my peak was 2012-14 and now I earn just a few bucks a month. Most of what's out there was outsourced, and I'm a huge believer in AI so just looking at your website I'm thoroughly intrigued! I have a few novel outlines already but with my ADD I've struggled to fill in the details, so I'm gonna join your membership and start actually creating stuff again! Thank you for all your great work!!
I like what Stephen King says in On Writing, even if he doesn't always follow it himself. Basically the linear story comes first, not the theme or long descriptions of characters and places, or character studies or flashbacks, with easy to understand prose.
Your video is definitive, I may have to watch it several times to take it in but it will be worth the effort. I am moving from a discovery writer to a plotter and need all the help I can get. Your video hits all the right notes.
Hey Jason! Wow! Glad to see this video live. I'm currently trying to set up my scenes, this explanation on your 40-Scenes outline falls right on time. PERFECT! 🙌
While it's true that the steps are the same, it's not. Look at Save the Cat, then Hero's Journey, then other 'outlines' and you will see some similarities (they all tell a tale), but the genre will make some outlines fit better than the others. For romance, I would start with Romancing the Beat. I used it, but combined it with D.M. 24 Chapter outline. Your romance will have something else in it (?) like a mystery, or comedy, or ??? then look at the outlines for those genres and pull what you need into your Romancing the Beat outline. If it's your first romance, definitely use the standard for the genre and build out from there.
Oppenheimer was a yawn. Needed to be 30 minutes shorter. As a history graduate, it ran like a propaganda movie. I can see why many neo-liberals liked it, however.
Hi, I have a manuscript I finished writing in 2018. It has been edited once by a editor and had beta readers go over it. I want to turn it into a screenplay. How can I turn it into a screenplay and which tools should I use that you are familiar with that can do it. I want it to save me time and nit take months to rewrite it into a screenplay. Thank you for your channel. I'm a new sub.
Glad to catch this live. After studying a lot of story structure over the years, I've realized that most of it is really more sophisticated variations of the old-fashioned beginning, middle, and end of story model. Like your concise synthesis of these modern plot paradigms.
It was so good to hear this stuff in plain English from a literate, erudite writer who actually understands what he is talking about-and zero, absolutely zero fluff or flannel. If only all 'how-to' videos were like this.
Thank you for giving me a new word "erudite".❤
I've been writing since 1994, and switched from novels to screenplays as my forte'. "Save the Cat" is one of the five screenplay software I use for my work, and they are based on my needs of use. (Much if my writing is done while traveling on the run). It was good to see Blake Synder mentioned here. As a technologist, YOUR channel is my very best go-to for today's premiere writing strategies. Thanks for all you do to bting us such great content.
Thank you Jason. For a newbie writer of fiction, your channel has helped me a lot
Jason! This was fantastic! I want to get back into writing and publishing. I have 70 books on Amazon now, but my peak was 2012-14 and now I earn just a few bucks a month. Most of what's out there was outsourced, and I'm a huge believer in AI so just looking at your website I'm thoroughly intrigued! I have a few novel outlines already but with my ADD I've struggled to fill in the details, so I'm gonna join your membership and start actually creating stuff again! Thank you for all your great work!!
Excellent teacher! TY Jason
I like what Stephen King says in On Writing, even if he doesn't always follow it himself. Basically the linear story comes first, not the theme or long descriptions of characters and places, or character studies or flashbacks, with easy to understand prose.
Great video. I would say that the Matrix fits the Hero's Journey really well. Although I liked the fresh perspective of it from the 3 act structure.
Works with Save the Cat too!
League of Legends cinematics (at least the newer ones) tend to follow story structure as well
This is a great summary of K. M. Weiland's book on Story Structure!! Thanks! Great job!
Your video is definitive, I may have to watch it several times to take it in but it will be worth the effort. I am moving from a discovery writer to a plotter and need all the help I can get. Your video hits all the right notes.
Thank you!
bro... this is REALLY good... this is the best UA-cam video ive watch all year... more like this please 💪
More to come!
the F word was crazy!
That DNA analogy was great.
Also, kishotenketsu plot structure for us Asians in Asia.
Hey Jason! Wow! Glad to see this video live. I'm currently trying to set up my scenes, this explanation on your 40-Scenes outline falls right on time. PERFECT! 🙌
I came to this same conclusion in my own research!!
You are the second youtuber i have found now that finally says it!
Great video, new sub
Welcome aboard!
Very interesting stuff. Where can I find your 40 Chapter Novle Outline?
Storyhacker.ai just sign up for the email list.
You're a delight!
I want to know which structure should I use romance story
Look up romancing the beat. But you’ll notice that the steps are the same, just named something different for romance.
Gwen Haye's Romancing the Beat is great!!
While it's true that the steps are the same, it's not. Look at Save the Cat, then Hero's Journey, then other 'outlines' and you will see some similarities (they all tell a tale), but the genre will make some outlines fit better than the others. For romance, I would start with Romancing the Beat. I used it, but combined it with D.M. 24 Chapter outline. Your romance will have something else in it (?) like a mystery, or comedy, or ??? then look at the outlines for those genres and pull what you need into your Romancing the Beat outline. If it's your first romance, definitely use the standard for the genre and build out from there.
Romancing The Beat is a popular one, but, really, you can use any plot structure that you feel will help tell your story the way you want.
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Fantastic video. Thank you for this!
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Oppenheimer was a yawn. Needed to be 30 minutes shorter. As a history graduate, it ran like a propaganda movie. I can see why many neo-liberals liked it, however.
Hi, I have a manuscript I finished writing in 2018. It has been edited once by a editor and had beta readers go over it. I want to turn it into a screenplay. How can I turn it into a screenplay and which tools should I use that you are familiar with that can do it. I want it to save me time and nit take months to rewrite it into a screenplay. Thank you for your channel. I'm a new sub.
sounds sus . .
If your like button still works you didn't do it right.