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3. The Difference Between Creativity and Craft
5. Reader Investment and Engagement
- The article The Power of Narrative
- The resource Printable Eight Crafts and Engagers Picture
- The article The Eight Crafts and Eight Engagers
7. Janus, the God With Two Faces
8. How We Respond to Life and Stories
9. The Eight Crafts Story Psychology
- The TED talk The Quest to Understand Consciousness by Antonio Damasio
- The video Writing For Emotional Impact – An Interview with Karl Iglesias
11. Big Idea Types
12. The Story Promise
- The video How to Define Your Story in One Sentence by Robert McKee
- The article A Comparison of Different Story Promise Methods
13. Narrative Basics
16. Narrative Styles and Genres
19. The Technicalities of Point of View
- The book Deep Point of View by Marcy Kennedy
- The video Past or Present Tense? by Brandon Sanderson
- The book Point of View in Fiction – The Development of a Critical Concept by Norman Friedman
21. Non-linear and Parallel Narrative
22. Genre Basics
23. Genre Proper
28. How to Find New Genres
29. Genre Conventions
- The article Genre Conventions and Obligatory Scenes by Storygrid
- The article Genre Tropes by TVtropes
31. Story Outline Basics
- The video Constraints are the Foundation of Creativity by TedEd
- The Wikipedia article The Hero’s Journey
- The book the Virgin’s Promise
32. Why Stories Can’t Have Enough Adversity
- The article The Villain Drives the Story by Steven Pressfield
- The article Stories Need Great Villains by Storygrid
36. The Story Cycle: The Origin of Story Outline
36. The Story Engine
37. Nanomine – A Story Engine Experiment
39. The Story Engine and Story Promise
40. The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 1
42. The Eight Crafts Midpoint Scene Outline
45. How to Add Genre Conventions to Your Scene Outline
- The article Conventions and Obligatory Moments for Genre by Storygrid
- The book Conventions and Obligatory Moments by Kimberly Kessler and Leslie Watts
- The article Genre Tropes by TVtropes
46. Story Outline Scene Types and Nests
48. The Internal Story Engine
- The resource The Eight Crafts Internal Story Engine Mind Map
- The video Changing Character’s Desires by R. McKee
51. Plots
- The book Point of View in Fiction – The Development of a Critical Concept by Norman Friedman
- The article Friedman’s Story Plots by Changing Minds
- The article TV Trope Plots by TVtropes
56. How to Weave Empathy
59. The Antagonist, Antipathy, and Villainy
61. An Overview of Story Character Types
- The article A List of Trope Characters by TVtropes
- The article Characters With Trope Roles by TVtropes
64. The Twenty-Two Character Templates
- The book Sun Signs by Linda Goodman
- The article A Gigantic List of Character Descriptions by Bookfox
- The video Character Creation Exercises by Robert McKee
65. How to Profile Story Characters
- The resource Eight Crafts Characterization Sheet
- The book Getting Into Character by Brandilyn Collins
70. World Context
75. HOW TO MANAGE Exposition
77. Scene Elements
- The article A Comparison of Different Scene Structure Methodologies by Eight Crafts
- The book Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain
- The video How to Write a Short Story by Kurt Vonnegut
78. Scene Building Blocks
84. Vocabulary, Choice of Words, & Diction
- The book Make Every Word Count by Gary Provost
- The article Language Tropes by TVtropes
- The article Accent Tropes by TVtropes
- The Website Online Etymology Dictionary
85. How to Come Up With Fresh Expressions
- The course Writing Body Language and Dialogue Cues Like a Psychologist by Margie Lawson
- The website Descriptionari where you can find thousand of inspirations for fresh writing.
87. How to Use Poetic Devices in Fiction
- The course Deep Editing, Rhetorical Devices, and More by Margie Lawson
- The book Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain
- The course Writing Body Language and Dialogue Cues Like a Psychologist by Margie Lawson98. The Narrative Building Block
88. How to Highlight Important Words
- The webinar Where’s Your Spotlight? By Margie Lawson
- The webinar Power Words, Backloading, and Words that Steal Your Power by Margie Lawson
90. The Narrative Scene Building Block
91. The Description Scene Building Block
92. The Internalization SCENE Building Block
- The article Bodily Maps of Emotions by PNAS
- The course Visceral Rules, Beyond Hammering Hearts by Margie Lawson
94. The Dialogue SCENE Building Block
- The book Dialogue by Robert McKee
- The book Dialogue by Marcy Kennedy
- The book How to Write Dazzling Dialogue by James Scott Bell
- The video Writing Dialogue Before You Have a Story by Robert McKee
- The video How Can I Write Dialogue That Seems Natural? by Robert McKee
95. The Dialogue Tag SCENE Building Block
97. How to Balancing Scene Building Blocks
98. How to Spotlight Scene Building Blocks
99. How to Design Moods
100. What Kind of Writer Are You?
102. How to Author a Story First and Then Write It
- The book Story by Robert McKee
- The book The Eight Crafts Navigation System
- The video Your Elusive Creative Genius by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The resource High Resolution Printable Story Mind Map
- The resource High Resolution Printable Story Engine
105. Use the Eight Crafts of Writing to Analyze and Eliminate Your Writer’s Block
- The book The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- The book The Artist’s Journey by Steven Pressfield
- The book Running Down a Dream by Tim Grahl
- The video How Do I Get Over Writer’s Block? by Robert McKee
106. How to Use the Eight Crafts of Writing to Design Your Book Exterior
107. Your Opening Sells Your Book
- The free audio book The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman
- The course Deep Editing to Make your Openings Pop by Margie Lawson
- The video What distinguishes a Good and Bad Writer – Big Think Interview With Robert McKee (time stamp 5:19)
- The article Opening Tropes by TVtropes