Story Makers Show

Episode 48:Quick Fix Q&A: Simplicity


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In this week’s Quick Fix Q & A, Angie and Elizabeth discuss:

  • 6 steps to creating a scene
  • 4 tests for: is it an event?
  • Plot complexity and genre expectations
  • Your personal thematic
  • Decision fatigue
  • Automating your routine
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    Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival--everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success.

    The hosts:

    Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com.

    Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.

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