Dan Wells on Story Structure, part 1 of 5
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Hey folks, thanks for watching. Before you comment . . . yes, I'm aware that the intro and outro are obnoxious, and that the music is annoying, etc. Unfortunately I don't have the raw footage anymore and can't fix it. Despite that, I hope you can enjoy the content. If not, well, best of luck in life.
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Dan Wells at Life, the Universe, and Everything, February 13, 2010.
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Thanks!
I've gotten lots of comments about the music before and at the end of videos. Thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately I don't have the raw footage any more and can't fix the videos, but trust me that future videos won't have the same problem.
Thanks for acknowledging it..!
Have an excellent day
I actually like the music. What is it called?
Seriously? I am just glad that Dan is taking the time to share this information with us. Most writers would have tried to market this kind of literary advice. Fortunately, here we are on youtube watching it for free.
Whoa, never thought I'd see Matt Colville's name up on the screen when I'm watching one of my favorite authors teach me about 7 point plot structure! Worlds collide!
WHY THE MUSIC
Agreed, but it does eventually fade out. I have sensory processing disorders and wicked sensitive hearing (short version: my central nervous system is busted) and have to forego MANY videos with blocking music through the entirety of the video. (WHY do people do this?) At least for these, it stops so we can focus on what's being said.
"Brandon Sanderson, he's a fantasy writer you may have heard of."
I'm pretty sure this is exactly how Dan would say that today, only he'd be grinning and the crowd laughing.
Watching this again, 2 years after it was recorded, and a month after seeing it live at LTUE 2012. It's that good, and motivating. Thanks Dan.
This playlist is a precious treasure. Thanks so much!
Intro's over at 2:35.
From there on, I see similarities with K.M. Weiland's approach, so I'm curious to see where the two methods will deviate.
Good video! I'll definitely watch the rest of the series.
Leto85 Thankyou very useful every time I rewatch thid
This is really great content but that music being jackhammered over the top of the sound is so annoying I want to headbutt the wall.
Yes the music lasts too long. I still get all the information that I need from the videos, and it's not quite that annoying to me. I suspect it's not nearly as annoying to you as you would have us all believe.
It's a free video on UA-cam. Thank you to the person who posted!
Tis only a few seconds at the beginning and end like
Been struggling understanding how to outline. He said “your resolution is not the end, it’s the climax” and it finally makes sense.
Great information. I've watched these videos numerous times, because it always helps to remind myself of the awesome way that Dan breaks down story structure.
Watching this in 2021, already an established writer, but there is something about this that makes me want to learn from scratch again. Such good content. ❤️
This is wonderfully useful. I can't wait to apply these three ideas to my story idea. Thank you for your wisdom.
I loved this. Much needed. I have done most of my writing by gut feel and needed this structure. Better books from me in the future.
It took me a whole Year and hundreds hours of writing to understand this fully.
This is good. I'm a big writing excuses fan... but I would say that John Truby's 7 steps are a little more precise. He also has a 22 step structure which can follow the 7, but it's pretty full on!
Arthur Landon the more precise, the less accurate.
Holy crap. Never expected to see DM Matt Colville listed in there! 2:51 The dude's a river to his people.
I friggin shouted when I saw his name there! Forgot he was a part of that book. How awesome is it these writers can connect (even indirectly)! The trust I have in Matt Colville gives me even more motivation for trying out this story structure 😊
literally just finished your first book; this was then followed by a google search which lead me to the above video, 1 down 4 to go.
2:49 nice surprise to see Matt Colville here
VERY insightful! I can see how a lot of these points can be applied to my own book, and how doing so during my revision process could drastically improve my book! Going straight to part 2! >:D
Can we lose the music background? Don't need it.
Discovery vs Outline writers. I was watching one video where they forced discovery writers to use outlines and outline writers to use the discovery method in order to improve their writing. I guess I've always been a discovery writer because I'd use notebooks and if I didn't just start I didn't fill the whole notebook up.
Very informative and insightful. Thanks! I'll check out that recommended book in the description.
I like all 5 parts of this talk. Will be watching the matrix soon.
Glad you're liking the video and enjoyed the book.
Thank you for posting this, the content is very helpful.
Great personality and info. Screw the negative people.
Thanks so much; I appreciate it! And thanks for watching the channel!
Unfortunately we can't. I no longer have the original video, and can't edit the music out.
It would be great if this was in 7 parts
My notes on this, for those that can't deal with the intro/outro: pastebin.com/KaXrUTkN
Very helpful Abca Def, thank you! :)
That's great! Thank you!
You fucking win the internet, that's great. Thanks for doing this!
Fabulous!! Thanks so much for this !
Is there a transcript for this available?
Love these videos
This was great very helpful.
Apart from the fact that maybe one should actually say factually true things about the plot of the examples one is using, this is definitely good advice.
Dear James, do you have your slides online?
Great talk by the way :-)
found this to be both helpful and interesting thank you
Is it just me, or are most horror writers actually really funny in real life?
Dude is interesting and all, but I wish he’d shut up so I can hear the music.
09:18 - Music comes back in. Hell yeah.
awesome thank you.
Talk starts at 0:30
It's philophers stone!
Important things to go back on.
7:55
great content. ending music comes too soon and too loud
young dan wells 🥵
I bought it?
Nice intro
Surprisingly how I imagined him to look
Does he mean the Stark Trek TNG RPG Narrator's Toolkit?
It's so weird because this guy shares the exact same name as me, and I'm also an aspiring writer
Cruel world brother, infinite timelines and in this one he's the real and you're the copy
Gabe, as I say in the video, this system is not mine; I did not make it up, and therefore no one can steal it from me. It's a common technique which I assume Cathy is also drawing on for her books. I know you're trying to help, and I appreciate that, but angry attacks and crass name-calling are not the way I want to be represented online. Your language is out of line, and I encourage you to apologize to Cathy. Note: I do not use gmail, so this is a new account I set up to respond here.
Got a gta loading screen for a writing lecture
I'm not sure. I'll have to take a look. I'll let you know probably in a day or two.
RELAX KATHY I OWN YOUR BOOK. IT WAS WELL SAID ALSO.
2:54 The secret sauce...
4 people must like the Star Wars role playing rules better.
YEAH, GOOD GUY TODAY BUT WHAT'S IS ARC
WHY THE MUSIC OVER THE SOUND?!
You have to pay the years
Learn and focus for years
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7/13/23
A point of order on your production. Your music, if that is what you call it, is supposed to be completely faded down by the time you start speaking!
I'm Cathy Yardley, author of ROCK YOUR PLOT. Lots of teachers tackle this plot structure, including Jack Bickham, Robert McKee, Deb Dixon, Larry Brooks, Syd Field, Mary Buckham, etc. None of us "created" the plot point system. We just have different techniques for getting to those points. I have been in contact with Mr. Wells, and he's aware of the misunderstanding. So if you could just stop posting that I'm a "lying, thieving bitch"... that'd be great.