The Art of Crafting Compelling Stories in a Short Time

🔑 Every story is about a character trying to accomplish something and facing obstacles.

❓ Every story creates a dramatic question: Will the person get what they want?

🔄 Transformation is a key element in storytelling.

📚 Understanding a character's goals and desires and how they evolve is key to a great story.

🌟 Heroes should face obstacles and struggle in order to show their strength and growth.

💡 Selecting a viable story idea is crucial and requires constantly generating and evaluating ideas.

📝 Forcing yourself to go deeper leads to original writing and good ideas.

💡 Crafting a strong log line is important to encapsulate the plot and create interest.

⏰ Every writer needs to find their own process that works for them.

📝 In order to write a great story, start with three key words that summarize the story.

💡 Break down the character's emotional needs and immediate goals in the story.

🔍 Begin writing the story with a vivid scene that captures the essence of the idea.

📚 Outline the major beats of the story, from the First Act to the resolution.

💔💫 The ending can be either happy or tragic, depending on the character's journey and growth.

🌟 The starting point of the story is crucial in shaping the organic development of the ending.

📖 The key to writing a great story is to have an exciting incident or goal at the beginning, a midpoint twist, and an all is lost moment.

✏️ Writing is a process of asking questions and making choices, such as deciding the main character and how to tell the story.

🔑 The questions of who the story is about, what they want, why they can't get it, what they do about it, why it doesn't work, and how it ends are crucial to writing a compelling story.

🔍 Before writing a scene, it's important to understand the characters and their motivations.

💡 Clarity of goals and stakes is crucial in scene work to create suspense and tension.

🔄 Each scene should move the story forward and either bring the character closer to their goal or present an obstacle.

📝 A story should have a clear cause-and-effect structure, with each scene leading to the next.

💥 Conflict is crucial for emotional engagement in a story, and it should evoke relatable human feelings and fears.

💡 Writing a great story requires exploring and understanding all the elements of storytelling, while staying true to your own creative voice.