16Jun 2021 by Jade No Comments
Beyond the Hero’s Journey: Alternative Story Structures

Beyond the Hero’s Journey: Alternative Story Structures

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Beyond the Hero’s Journey: Alternative Story Structures - July 3, 2021 at 2PM EST The Heroic Quest or Hero’s Journey -- also known as the Archplot or Three Act method -- is foundational to fiction writing, yet only scratches the surface of story structure tools! While the traditional model is classic for many reasons, not all stories are best told through this structure. Alternative structures can offer options to writers feeling limited by the constraints of the Hero's Arc or struggling to organize story flow.How scenes are organized and which arcs are highlighted focuses attention and pulls readers through the narrative, directing the story's impact. Beyond the Hero’s Journey: Alternative Story Structures will discuss how story structure works with plot to shape a story’s energy. Discover how using alternative story…
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14Jun 2021 by Jade No Comments

Identifying and Developing Secondary Genre in SFF

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Identifying and Developing Secondary Genre in SFF – July 3, 2021 at 12:30PM EST Primary or 'commercial' genres like Sci Fi and Fantasy set important worldbuilding guidelines and expectations for writers, but secondary genres -- also called 'content' or internal genre -- are another vital tool for developing vivid and complex stories. Identifying and developing secondary genre(s) can help writers better understand how genre communicates expectations to readers.SFF contains scores of subgenre categories, which often use secondary genre aspects to carve out specific reader niches. These subgenres are defined by expectations and obligatory tropes, secondary genre aspects that can include scenes, relationships or other aspects, that need to be addressed to satisfy and draw in readers from a particular subgenre.Identifying and Developing Secondary Genre will be a discussion around how…
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