Writing: Story Foundations & Development
Meet Your Co-Instructor: Andy Schmidt
Meet Your Co-Instructor: Paul Allor
Course Pathways and How They Work
Story Foundations Course Overview
The Importance of Craft
Breaking Into Comics
Staying In Comics
What Is a Story: Definition
What Is a Story: Characters
What is a Story: Actions
What is a Story: Goals
Story’s Foundation – The Story Sentence
Story Building Blocks: Obstacles
Story Building Blocks: Motivations
Story Building Blocks: Outcomes
Why Some Stories are More Successful Than Others
Scenes and How They Work
Scenes and How to Fix Them
Sequences
Introduction to Character Creation
Characters: What Makes us Care
Characters: Backstory
Characters: Acting and Reacting
Narrative Tension
Order of Information
Wrap Up
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Meet Your Co-Instructor: Andy Schmidt
Writing: Story Foundations & Development
Meet Your Co-Instructor: Andy Schmidt
Renowned comics editor and writer Andy Schmidt introduces himself!
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