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How a Story Is Born: 22 Lessons in Creative Writing
Hao Jingfang and masters of creative writing help you build a story
Completed · 23 episodes
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Audio in Chinese
Hao Jingfang: This Is a Thoroughly Practical and Substantial Course 1. We Naturally Crave Stories 2. Hao Jingfang: Without Stories, Each of Us Is Only a Fragment 3. Ten Small Exercises for Finding the Seed of a Story in Life 4. Write Down Your Secret and Open a Great Source of Creativity 5. Planting a Seed Idea: A Technique for Developing a Plot 6. Premise: Ask a Dramatic Question 7. Presupposition: The Truth of the Story World You Create 8. Outline: Any Story Can Be Condensed into Nine Sentences 9. Structure: Every Story Is a War 10. Theme: Explore One Side of Human Nature 11. Character Design: Seven Variables for Portraying a Person 12. Plot: Breaking Down Classic Story Models 13. Conflict: Begin the Story with Trouble 14. Suspense: Keep the Answer Safely Hidden 15. Exercise One: Nonlinear Writing 16. Dialogue: The Engine That Drives a Story 17. Point of View: Change Position, Change Emotion 18. Resonance: Let the Feeling Linger 19. Exercise Two: A Formula for Minimalist Fiction 20. Visuality: Show, Don't Tell 21. A Writing Formula: The Constants of a Good Story 22. The Philosophy of Revision: A Final Checklist