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Friday, April 30, 2021

The Package - All 12 Storycraft Lessons



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Enjoy. Learn. Write.

LESSONS NO. 1-12   VIDEOS: 25  LENGTH: 520-min.   SLIDES: 372   CLIPS: 44

WHAT THIS COURSE WILL TEACH YOU:
Scroll down to see the individual descriptions under each course listed on the *HOME page at right.

ALSO AVAILABLE: The 12 lessons are also available individually. Scroll below for information and trailers on each.

PREREQUISITES: Take the first ten lessons in order 1-10.

DESCRIPTION: The trailer for the entire package is a free episode that briefly summarizes the 18 Secrets of Successful Stories. (Click on image above.)

The Moral Premise Storycraft Training series provides practical understanding of the Natural Laws of Story Telling as they pertain to structure and how audiences emotionally connect with a story's characters. The training applies to any media type and genre, although for illustration purposes motion pictures are used for examples.

The series is based on Stan Williams' book THE MORAL PREMISE: HARNESSING VIRTUE AND VICE FOR BOX OFFICE SUCCESS, as well as Stan's workshops and story and script consulting work in Hollywood since 2006. The series is composed of 12 Lessons or 25 Video Episodes . Together they deliver the core content from Stan's two-day workshop, but condense the material into about 8.5-hours of content delivery.

Consistently structuring a story around a true moral premise is the crux of all successful stories. In these 12 episodes (and 25 videos) Dr. Williams explains how irony, hooks, log lines, a conflict of values, character traits, dramatic beats, over all structure, a moment of grace, and character transformation are designed into the arcs of characters, plots and subplots.


Thursday, April 29, 2021

2. Hooks, Log Lines & the Conflict of Values

To Access the Training Click on the PLAY TRAILER button above.
You'll be taken to VIMEO's VOD pages. 
There, use the Blue Buttons to choose Rent or Buy
Then enter the promotion code, if you have one. 
Enjoy. Learn. Write.

LESSON NO. 2    VIDEO PARTS: 3   LENGTH: 53-min   SLIDES: 30   CLIPS: 0
PREREQUSITES: Lesson 1
DESCRIPTION: This lesson explains the first three secrets of all successful stories, and three of the Moral Premises' Story Fundamentals: Ironic Hooks, Log lines, and the motivational Conflict of Values. These are critical to the success of all stories if they are to connect with audiences. Getting these three secrets and fundamentals right will speed your writing and help ensure your audience connects emotionally with your characters.

SPECIFICALLY, this lesson covers:

  • The first three secrets of successful stories
  • The six Story Fundamentals you need to know before you begin to write.
  • The four elements of a ironic hook
  • The five critical ingredients of a Log Line
  • The alternative four questions every log line needs to answer
  • The four word outline of every successful tory's structure.
  • The five elements of a motivating conflict of values
  • How to incorporate linguistic ironic conflict in sentence structure
  • The structural difference between redemptive and tragic stories.