See Also

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3. Art and Craft

• The TED talk Your Elusive Creative Genius by Elizabeth Gilbert

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. Mental Responses and Story

• The article Emotional Intelligence and the Difference Between Emotions and Feelings

8. The Psychology of Story and the Engagers

• The TED talk The Quest to Understand Consciousness by Antonio Damasio 
• The video Writing For Emotional Impact – An Interview with Karl Iglesias

9. Janus

• The article A Comparison Between Real and Virtual Experiences

13. A Bit of Wisdom

• The video The Truth of Your Story by Robert McKee

14. 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

15. Narrative Basics

• The article Narrative Tropes by TVtropes

16. Narrative Styles and Genres

• The resource The Eight Craft Genre Picture

19. 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

23. Non-linear and Parallel Narrative

• The article Flashbacks and Chronology Tropes
• The video How to Tell Non-linear Stories by R. McKee

24. Genre Basics

• The book Tribes by Seth Godin

25. Genre Proper

• The video What Question Should a Writer Ask Before Writing by Robert McKee
• The book Story by Robert McKee

30. New Genres

• The article TV Tropes Genre Mashup Examples by TVtropes

31. Genre Conventions

• The article Genre Conventions and Obligatory Scenes by Storygrid
• The article Genre Tropes by TVtropes

33. 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

34. Adversity

• The article The Villain Drives the Story by Steven Pressfield 
• The article Stories Need Great Villains by Storygrid

36. The Story Arc

• The video Rules for the Inciting Incident by Robert McKee

38. The Story Engine

• The resource High Resolution Printable Story Engine

39. The Story Engine and Story Promise

• The video Tips for Analyzing Stories by Robert McKee
• The article Different Story Engine Approaches

42. Act 1 Scene Outline

• The Wikipedia article The Hero’s Journey

44. Midpoint Scene Outline

• The article A List of Character Flaws by TVtropes

47. Scene Outline and Genre Conventions

• 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

48. Story Outline Scene Types and Nests

• The video How to Nest Short-Stories by Mary Robinette Kowal

50. The Internal Story Engine

• The resource The Eight Crafts Internal Story Engine Mind Map
• The video Changing Character’s Desires by R. McKee

53. 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

59. Weaving Empathy

• The video How Writers Can Generate Empathy for their Characters by Robert McKee

62. Antipathy and the Antagonist

• The article Stories Without Personal Antagonists by TVtropes

66. Characterization Design

• The article A List of Trope Characters by TVtropes
• The article Characters With Trope Roles by TVtropes

70. 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

71. Character Profiling

• The resource Eight Crafts Characterization Sheet
• The book Getting Into Character by Brandilyn Collins

76. World Context

• The video World Building Part One by Brandon Sanderson

81. Exposition

• The video What Makes the World of a Story Believable by Robert McKee

83. 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

84. Scene Building Blocks

• The course Writing Body Language and Dialogue Cues Like a Psychologist by Margie Lawson

89. The Scene Header

• The resource The Eight Crafts Scene and Dialogue Header Template

91. 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

92. Fresh Expressions

The course Writing Body Language and Dialogue Cues Like a Psychologist by Margie Lawson

94. Poetry in Prose

• 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 Lawson

98. The Narrative Building Block

• The book Deep Point of View by Marcy Kennedy
• The course Diving Deep into Deep POV by Rhay Christous

99. The Description Building Block

• The video How to write descriptively by Nalo Hopkinson
• The book Descriptions by Marcy Kennedy

100. The Internalization Building Block

• The article Bodily Maps of Emotions by PNAS
• The course Visceral Rules, Beyond Hammering Hearts by Margie Lawson

102. The Dialogue 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

103. The Dialogue Tag Building Block

• The course Writing Body Language and Dialogue Cues Like a Psychologist by Margie Lawson

105. Balancing Scene Building Blocks

• The course Deep Editing, Rhetorical Devices, and More by Margie Lawson

106. Spotlighting Scene Building Blocks

• The course Deep Editing, Rhetorical Devices, and More by Margie Lawson

107. Designing Moods

• The video The Difference Between Mood and Emotion by Robert McKee

108. What Kind of Writer Are You?

• The resource The Eight Craft Genre Overview Picture

110. How to Author a Story

• 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

113. The 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

114. The Book Exterior

• The resource The Eight Craft Genre Overview Picture

115. Your Opening

• The course Deep Editing to Make your Openings Pop by Margie Lawson
• The book Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain
• 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