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Thursday, August 05, 2021

The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is this a story anyone can identify with, projected onto a bigger canvas, with higher stakes?

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“Write what you know” really means you should write the emotions you know, but put those emotions into a more extreme situation with a lot ...
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Tuesday, August 03, 2021

The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the concept contain an intriguing ironic contradiction?

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So I’ve promised you many different types of irony, and now I’m ready to deliver the first two, ironic concept and ironic title. Let’s look ...
Monday, August 02, 2021

The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the One-Sentence Description Uniquely Appealing?

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Okay, folks, here’s the deal.  I’m sick of BCI, you’re sick of BCI.  We’ll do some new ones to celebrate when the book comes out, but that’s...
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Matt Bird
Evanston, Illinois, United States
My book "The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers", from Writer's Digest Press, is available in all fine bookstores. I have an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University.
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