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*New* CRUCIAL WRITING SKILL: SEPARATING THE NECESSARY FROM THE UNNECESSARY (Video)
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*New* COLLIDING TWO STORY IDEAS TOGETHER (Video)
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WHY LEARNING YOUR CRAFT AS A WRITER IS CRUCIAL (Video)
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DRAMATIC WRITING
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STORY ALCHEMY: METHOD AND MADNESS (Video)
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JUMPSTART STORIES USING DILEMMA, ENNEAGRAM, AND THE 36 DRAMATIC SITUATIONS (Video)
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THE POWER OF DILEMMA
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HOW SOMEONE ACTS WHEN TRAPPED IN A DILEMMA (Video)
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JAKE'S DILEMMA IN TRAINING DAY (Video)
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TURN STORY INTO DRAMA (Video)
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ADVANCED WRITING TECHNIQUE THAT HELPS YOU WRITE ANYTHING, WITH AN HOUR ON SCRIPTWRITING JUST ADDED (Video)
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TEN RIGHT ANSWERS: STAYING FLUID AS YOU BUILD STORIES (Video)
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WORKING WITH THEME AS YOU BUILD A SCRIPT (Video)
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CHAPTER ON THEME FROM WRITING A GREAT MOVIE (Document)
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INTRODUCTION TO WRITING A GREAT MOVIE (Document)
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THE NINE ENNEAGRAM PERSONALITY TYPES AT A GLANCE (Document)
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BLOG: THROWING HAND GRENADES INTO DEVELOPING STORIES
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VANQUISH WRITER'S BLOCK FOREVER (Video)
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36 DRAMATIC SITUATIONS: DEFINING EACH SITUATION (Document)
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RESOLVING THE DILEMMA (Video)
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THEME: THE HEART OF YOUR STORY (Video)
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YOU NEED KNOW-HOW, NOT MERE KNOWLEDGE (Video)
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eBOOK: BUILD YOUR PLOT BACKWARDS2 Topics
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THREE WISHES: BUILDING A COMEDY FROM SCRATCH2 Topics
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USE LOGIC TO TIE YOUR STORY TOGETHER2 Topics
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WHAT IS A STORY'S UNDERLYING STRUCTURE? (Video)
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JAMES CAMERON'S PROCESS BUILDING A SCRIPT4 Topics
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COMING ATTRACTIONS: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT3 Topics
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FIVE-HOUR CLASS ON TOOL 7: SEQUENCE, PROPOSITION, PLOT6 Topics
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INSPIRATION: DEEP BREATHING FOR WRITERS4 Topics
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SLOW IS FAST: TAKE YOUR TIME AND GET IT RIGHT (Video)
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BUILDING SIMPLE STORIES WITH REVERSE CAUSE AND EFFECT2 Topics
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OPERATING MANUAL FOR THE TOOLS (Document)
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CREATE CONSISTENT COMPELLING CONFLICT2 Topics
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SPECIAL GUEST: PLAYWRIGHT TIM FRIED-FIORI ON BUILDING A SCRIPT AROUND A DILEMMA (Video)
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MORE ABOUT TRAINING DAY5 Topics
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MORE ABOUT DILEMMA5 Topics
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MORE ABOUT THE 36 DRAMATIC SITUATIONS3 Topics
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MORE ABOUT THE ENNEAGRAM2 Topics
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MORE ON REVERSE CAUSE AND EFFECT2 Topics
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DON'T GET TRAPPED WRITING ONLY WHAT YOU KNOW (Video)
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ON THE CRAFT OF WRITING5 Topics
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CREATING WITH THE ENNEAGRAM AND THE 36 DRAMATIC SITUATIONS (Video)
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BLOG: CHAOS AS A STORYTELLING TOOL
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Good plotting requires tight construction so that the story progresses well without getting bogged down by the Unnecessary. Overwriting kills stories. It’s like trying to take a brisk walk in two feet of snow. But how to you find that which is Necessary to the story’s forward action and keep out the Unnecessary, which tries to flood in at every opportunity? One tried and true technique is to work backward from your story’s ending, stitching the events together by cause and effect. You do this once you’ve roughed-out its basic building blocks, chaining back from each effect to its cause. The eBook explains it thoroughly and the companion video demonstrates it in action.