Story Structure Cliff Notes: The Whole Damn Structure Enchilada in Less Than 2000 Words

March 15, 2018 By Larry Brooks (Click HERE for a Prologue to this post, if you like your setups heavy on context and real world backstory. There will be a link bringing you right back here for this 2000 word career starter.) You’ve heard of three-act structure. With a little more resolution and specificity, that […]

Story Structure: Is It Formulaic?

December 5, 2017 By Larry Brooks Talking to writers about Story Structure is like trying to sell religion (how’s that for a polarizing opening analogy?). Sometimes, no matter how logical you present it, you can’t change someone’s mind. You never stood a chance. Some writers will never believe story structure – the traditional 3-act paradigm, […]

A Short Primer (Video) on Story Structure… and Why It May Not Be What You Think It Is

I had a strategic opening all whipped up that introduces some of the exciting changes I have planned for Storyfix as 2017 arrives.   But like many things that are wide and deep, it quickly got out of hand. So here’s the less-than-strategic version: Big changes are coming. Video-based Storyfix posts (like this one). A […]