Building a Better Story World

Some story worlds have sprawling, millennia-long mythologies. Others take place between last Tuesday and next Friday. In all cases, understanding the past, present, and future of your story world will help you craft compelling narratives that feel lived in. Join Steele Filipek as he jumps in a DeLorean to show you how to build such a chronology for your own work!

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Mr. Filipek has guided you on many paths that have led you to understand story worlds, and now he's going to share with you the keys to creating compelling worlds themselves... literally, in the form of locales! Join in for this episode as we travel through the planets and nations of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to exemplify how good locale design exemplifies characters, plot, and theme.

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You've got a world, but it feels a little empty. How are you going to build the numerous allies, enemies, and passersby who will give your narrative universe a heartbeat? Let Steele Tyler Filipek take you on a tour of Springfield, where the cast of the Simpsons will showcase how you can create complex characters out of a few key ingredients--external and internal--that will help your vision stand the test of time.

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Ever struggled with how to introduce your story world to your audience! Producer and writer extraordinaire Steele Tyler Filipek is here to help you  out! With the aid of the films of Hayao Miyazaki, your favorite transmedia guru is going to help you showcase your narrative universe efficiently and wondrously!

And if you're interested in more information on Miyazaki, please check with the New York Public Library, where Steele hosts lectures on the works of that legendary animator!

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It's time for another episode of prompts! We've just covered a whole host of advanced story world creation lessons, and so if you'd like to delve back in without having to listen to multiple episodes, you can find all of those prompts here! The lie, the fun, archetypes, rules, and the mists: a step-by-step guide to work on your own world to craft something that will inspire audiences' imaginations!

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How do you build a story world that feels real? That's just the thing; you don't build it, you let it grow! Join Steele Filipek, transmedia producer extraordinaire, as he details how to leave purposeful gaps in your world that will give your audiences and collaborators the room to let their imaginations grow, seeding content that will build out your world in organic, fun ways!

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Some people focus on magic, science, languages, or politics when building out the rules of their story universes, but there's so much more to the building blocks your world than that! Join Steele Filipek as he (with the aid of a younger Clark Kent) show how you can build out numerous elements that anchor narrative universes for fans and collaborators while also allowing them to expand!

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We're back with more archetypes that could help inform your story world. Listen in as Steele Filipek takes you through six morecharacters that appear throughout human narratives, across time and culture, so that you can follow in their footsteps, bend the rules, or forge your own path successfully. Haven't downloaded the prior episode? No problem! You can listen in any order!

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Worried about how your story world may connect with audiences? Consider how classic storytelling figures can help create a bridge between you and fans by showcasing traditional structures that excite all sorts of people. Listen in to the first entry of a two-part episode as Steele Filipek takes you through six particular characters that appear throughout human narratives, across time and culture, so that you can follow in their footsteps, bend the rules, or forge your own path successfully!

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We've covered how to differentiate your content, so now it's time to find out what your fans will love about those differences. Join Steele Filipek as he examines three dishes of so-called "fun" that will build your narrative universe's unique "fun" that will entice audiences to re-engage with your world, over and over again. Plus, there's a whole lotta analysis of Psych for all of you Shawn and Gus fans out there!

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