by Avery White | May 7, 2018 | Collisions
The First Line Animated shorts are fairly normal for Pixar and Dreamworks, but I was pleased to stumble across this fan-created gem while doing my research for the post on Owl City. I call it a gem because in its few minutes of run-time, it manages to tell a pretty...
by Avery White | Apr 27, 2018 | Training
Annnddd we’re back Quick recap: We’re following Lisa Cron’s book STORY GENIUS and applying it to a short story format. We’ve already written the scene in the Google Doc where Roti’s misbelief (read: lie) took root (here’s the link...
by Avery White | Apr 23, 2018 | Collisions
To hear me talk about the new category, Collisions, why it’s awesome, and why I’m having more fun writing: To hear me read the post aloud: And four apples! Other than being the shopping list of a potential serial killer, it’s also a list...
by Avery White | Mar 30, 2018 | Training
I’m taking a brief hiatus from the STORY QUEST series for something a little lighter… Thanks to technology, we are capable of making the most advanced to-do lists on the planet. And with those to-do lists come ways in which we keep record of our...
by Avery White | Mar 26, 2018 | Training
We Three Scenes Lisa’s killing me. Slowly. So for my next trick I’m supposed to come up with three scenes that tick the following boxes: show Roti making a decision with lasting implications revolve around a decision that reinforces the mis-belief show how...
by Avery White | Mar 23, 2018 | Training
Cheers and welcome back – I dunno why I’m feeling like a radio show host all of a sudden, but here we are. Quick recap: We’re following Lisa Cron’s book STORY GENIUS and applying it to a short story format. Last week we answered some key...
by Avery White | Mar 16, 2018 | Training
Making a Scene Cool – here we go. Lisa (ref. all my previous posts) has us asking four key questions to establish this next scene. While I have them listed out below, I’ve also copied them over to the Google Doc to keep that flowing as well. What does Roti...
by Avery White | Mar 12, 2018 | Training
RECAP: Lisa Cron wrote a book (STORY GENIUS) and I’m trying my hand at applying it. No, Lisa isn’t paying me to endorse her book. I just don’t want her publisher to sue me so I’m putting links all over the place LIKE THIS ONE. What? Check. Why?...
by Avery White | Mar 9, 2018 | Training
Recap: We’re looking at Lisa Cron’s book STORY GENIUS, taking notes, and applying it to the realm of short stories. Last post we talked about why Roti wants what he does. This week we’re going to dive into what he believes that is actively keeping...
by Avery White | Mar 5, 2018 | Training
Today… Lisa’s (remember, Lisa Cron created a method for crafting novels in her book STORY GENIUS, and I’m testing it on short stories) question is “what does your protag already want before the story kicks off?” Followed by “what...
