Something happens, then something else happens, and then still something else. That’s a series of events, but it isn’t a story. A story has stakes, motivation, gaps between what people expect and what they get. This edition of Doing What Works is a primer on story structure that just might help you live a better story.

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Story, by Robert McKee, is a book about screenwriting.

Steven Pressfield is famous for, among other things, inspiring writers.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, by Donald Miller, is another book about story that Katie and I both love.

The creators of South Park once visited an NYU class to talk about story.