Thursday, December 07, 2023
Episode 45: Specific vs. Generic (Or is it Factual vs. Archetypal?)
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The Secrets of Story Podcast · Episode 45: Specific vs. Generic (Or is it Factual vs. Archetypal?) It's always good to load up your st...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist is Complete!
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I started this project on August 2nd, 2021, and now it’s finally done on December 6th, 2023! For each item in the Ultimate Story Checklis...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do the characters refuse or fail to synthesize the meaning of the story?
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Meaning must be created in the minds of the audience, not on the page, the stage, or the screen. While it’s tempting to preprocess your conf...
Monday, December 04, 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: In the end, is the plot not entirely tidy?
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I had the good fortune to teach a section of Andrew Sarris’s Hitchcock course at Columbia. Mr. Sarris did more than anyone to cement Hitchco...
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Friday, December 01, 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story’s outcome ironically contrast with the initial goal?
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And so we arrive at our final irony: the ironic final outcome. Way back when we started, we discussed how the basic concept of your story sh...
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