The Eight Crafts Of Writing: The Map Of Storytelling

The Eight Crafts of Writing course provides structured overview of the writing craft(s), the map of storytelling.

What you'll learn
The eight writing crafts (storytelling map): Big Idea, Genre, Narrative, Story Outline, Characterization, World Building, Scene & Chapter Structure, and Prose
How to engagers readers with the eight crafts
A fresh definition of story that keeps your writing focused
How to use the psychology of storytelling to write immersive stories
The adversity cycle and how to use it to streamline your story outline
How to author stories before writing them
How to differentiate between protagonistic and antagonistic genres, story outlines, and scenes and why that matters
A new way of dealing with the (shapeshifting) writer’s block
Requirements
No writing skills or experiences required
Description
Jane is an aspiring writer, who, like everyone else before her, parachutes straight into the writing jungle. And, like everybody else, she find herself hung up on a tree with her parachute. The tree is the writing skill How to Write in Limited POV. She looks around and notices a hundred more trees from which other aspiring writers are dangling. She cuts the parachute lines, drops to the ground, makes a somersault forward, and jumps to her feet. Around her, writers of all ages are cutting paths through the jungle. Jane can see just ten meters into the thicket. She is desperate for a map and a navigation system.“Help,” she calls.Well-meant answers arrive from all directions. ”Create an interesting character and give her a great goal.”“Write what you want to read.”“Create a sense of wonder.”“The more conflict, the better.”“Don’t write to get published, grab the reader.”“Be captivating. Or memorable.”“Keep the reader turning pages.”“Be unpredictable and keep the reader curious.” Five years later, Jane is still cutting her way through the writing wilderness. She has hugged countless writing skill trees, sun-tanned at the romance beach, ascended the suspense mountain, and hiked the Hero’s Journey track. But the storytelling jungle remains unchartered land. What else is out there? She still hopes for a map and navigation system.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to The Eight Crafts of Writing

Lecture 1 Course Intro

Lecture 2 The Writing Jungle

Lecture 3 A Fresh Definition of Story

Lecture 4 The Difference Between Art and Craft

Lecture 5 The Storytelling Map

Lecture 6 Reader Investment and Engagement

Section 2: The Psychology of Storytelling

Lecture 7 A Comparison of Life and Stories

Lecture 8 Janus, The God With Two Faces

Lecture 9 The Way We Respond to Life and Stories

Lecture 10 The Eight Crafts Story Psychology

Section 3: Big Idea

Lecture 11 Big Idea Basics

Lecture 12 Big Idea Types

Lecture 13 The Story Promise

Section 4: Narrative

Lecture 14 Narrative Basics

Lecture 15 Narrative Styles and Genres

Lecture 16 The Author's Voice

Lecture 17 The Narrative Frame

Lecture 18 The Technicalities of Point of View

Lecture 19 Narrative Information Management

Lecture 20 Narrative Tone and Mood

Lecture 21 The Difference Between Exposition and Backstory

Lecture 22 Non-linear and Parallel Narratives

Section 5: Genre

Lecture 23 Genre Basics

Lecture 24 Genre Proper

Lecture 25 The Emotional Experiences and Stakes of Genres

Lecture 26 External Genres and Their Stakes

Lecture 27 Internal Genres and Their Stakes

Lecture 28 How to Find New Genres

Lecture 29 Genre Conventions

Lecture 30 The Difference Between Genres and Amazon Categories

Section 6: Story Outline

Lecture 31 Story Outline Basics

Lecture 32 Why Stories Can’t Have Enough Adversity

Lecture 33 The Adversity Cycle: How we Deal with Adversity in Real Life

Lecture 34 The Story Cycle: The Origin of Story Outline

Lecture 35 The Benefits of the Adversity and Story Cycle

Lecture 36 The Story Engine

Lecture 37 Nanomine - A Story Engine Experiment

Lecture 38 The Four Act Structure

Lecture 39 Stake Thresholds and How to Raise Stakes

Lecture 40 The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 1

Lecture 41 The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 2

Lecture 42 The Eight Crafts Midpoint Scene Outline

Lecture 43 The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 3

Lecture 44 The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 4

Lecture 45 How to Add Genre Conventions to Your Scene Outline

Lecture 46 Scene Types and Nests and How to Use Them

Lecture 47 Motivations, Wants, Goals, Needs, and Objects of Desire

Lecture 48 The Internal Story Engine

Lecture 49 The Psychology of Story Outline

Lecture 50 Story Outline Archetypes

Lecture 51 Plots and How to Use Them

Lecture 52 How to Align Your Internal and External Plots

Lecture 53 Better Story Graphs

Section 7: Characterization

Lecture 54 Characterization Basics

Lecture 55 The Difference Between Sympathy and Empathy

Lecture 56 How to Weave Empathy

Lecture 57 How to Weave Sympathy

Lecture 58 The Protagonist, Sympathy, and Heroism

Lecture 59 The Antagonist, Antipathy, and Villainy

Lecture 60 How to Design Character Arcs

Lecture 61 An Overview of Story Character Types

Lecture 62 How to Use Story Character Templates

Lecture 63 The Big Five Story Character Templates

Lecture 64 The Twenty-Two Story Character Templates

Lecture 65 How to Profile Story Characters

Lecture 66 How to Design Character Conflict

Lecture 67 How to Show, Hint at, And Reveal Character

Lecture 68 How to Manage Backstory

Section 8: World Building

Lecture 69 World Building Basics

Lecture 70 World Context

Lecture 71 The World Power System

Lecture 72 World Setting

Lecture 73 World Context, Story Outline, & Characterization

Lecture 74 World Moods

Lecture 75 How to Manage Exposition

Section 9: Scene & Chapter Structure

Lecture 76 Scene & Chapter Structure Basics

Lecture 77 Scene Elements

Lecture 78 Scene Building Blocks

Lecture 79 The Three Principle Scene Arcs

Lecture 80 Scene Types and Templates

Lecture 81 How to Structure Chapters

Lecture 82 Connecting Scenes: The Scene Train Technique

Section 10: Prose

Lecture 83 Prose Basics

Lecture 84 Vocabulary, Choice of Words, and Diction

Lecture 85 How to Come Up With Fresh Expressions

Lecture 86 How to Manage Pace and Rhythm

Lecture 87 How to Use Poetic Devices in Fiction

Lecture 88 How to Highlight Important Words

Lecture 89 The Narrative Scene Building Block

Lecture 90 The Description Scene Building Block

Lecture 91 The Internalization Scene Building Block

Lecture 92 The Action Beat Scene Building Block

Lecture 93 The Dialogue Scene Building Block

Lecture 94 The Dialogue Tag Scene Building Block

Lecture 95 The Difference Between Subtext and Supratext

Lecture 96 How to Balance & Spotlight Scene Building Blocks

Lecture 97 How to Put Moods on the Page

Section 11: How to Make Further Use of The Eight Crafts of Writing

Lecture 98 How to Use the Eight Crafts of Writing to Design Your Book Exterior

Lecture 99 Your Opening Sells Your Book

Lecture 100 How to Integrate the Eight Writing Crafts

Lecture 101 What Kind of Writer Are You?

Lecture 102 Writers are Hybrids: Artists & Crafts(wo)men

Lecture 103 How to Author a Story First and Then Write It

Lecture 104 The Manuscript Turning Point

Lecture 105 Use the Eight Crafts of Writing to Overcome Your (shapeshifting) Writer's Block

Lecture 106 Closing Words

The Eight Crafts of Writing course is great for aspiring writers and writers who are a few years into their writing journey but got lost in the weeds - as it happened to the author.