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Writing: Story Foundations & Development

Meet Your Co-Instructor: Andy Schmidt Sample Lesson

Meet Your Co-Instructor: Paul Allor Sample Lesson

Story Foundations Course Overview Sample Lesson

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

Introduction to Character Creation

Characters: What Makes us Care

Characters: Backstory

Characters: Acting and Reacting

Narrative Tension

Order of Information

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Meet Your Co-Instructor: Paul Allor

Writing: Story Foundations & Development
Meet Your Co-Instructor: Paul Allor

Hello! Paul Allor, one of your instructors in this course, introduces themself!

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