Storyosophy - For Writers, Storytellers And Story Lovers

What quest, challenge, or invitation is presented to your Hero? What choices? How does it highlight the overall dramatic question of your story? Our hero must be presented with a challenge, and one that will create a necessity for our hero to have to decide, on their own, if they want to embark on such […] The post 45: Call to Quest (Movement 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What is the Inciting (or Exciting) Incident of your story? How does it set the entire story in motion or tip the first domino in your story’s chain of events? Our Inciting Incident is the moment the story “officially” begins and is set in motion. The Inciting Incident is the moment that changes everything for […] The post 44: Inciting Incident (Movement 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Where do they work or go to school? What is the status quo of your story world? Join Adam and Devin as they explore the second event in Act 1... Known World Routine. The post 43: Known World Routine (Movement 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Why is the Hook your most important event of your story? What do you put in or leave out of your Hook? Devin and Adam explore the Hook in its many varieties – Prologue, Cold Open, Teaser, and more. #storyosophy #storyosophers The post 42: The Hook (Movement 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What are the events, movements, and acts of your Story Blūprint. What do you need to consider when creating your Blūprint? What are the important events of each movement? Join Adam and Devin for a basic summary of structure. The post 41: Story Blūprint Overview appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Season’s greetings, storyosophers! Where do you think you’re going? Nobody’s leaving. Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no! We’re all in this together. We’re gonna press on to Part 2 of our National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation story breakdown, and we’re gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced […] The post Story Breakdown: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Part 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Merry Christmas storyosophers! We’re kicking off our fun old fashion family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and listen to a couple story-lovin’ dudes talk about one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time… In this special holiday […] The post Story Breakdown: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Part 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Adam and Devin continue to talk about Act 3, by exploring Movement 6. What events take your hero from the climax to the resolution of the story? How do you tie up your loose ends? The post 40: Movement 6 (Act 3) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Devin and Adam conclude their conversation with special guest Youssef Kerkour (“Nightflyers.”) He discusses his work on the “Jack Ryan” series, Woody Harrelson’s “Lost in London,” and the new ScyFy series “Nightflyers.” Born and raised in Rabat, Morocco, Youssef speaks four languages fluently, including English, French, Italian, and Moroccan Arabic. In 1996 he attended Bard […] The post Campfire Chat 2: Youssef Kerkour (Part 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Special guest Youssef Kerkour (Nightflyers) talks about his early film and stage work in New York and in London with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Born and raised in Rabat, Morocco, Youssef speaks four languages fluently, including English, French, Italian, and Moroccan Arabic. In 1996 he attended Bard College in upstate New York where he majored […] The post Campfire Chat 2: Youssef Kerkour (Part 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Devin and Adam begin to break down a story’s Act 3, by exploring Movement 5. Coming from Movement 4’s recovery, what events do you use to build to your story’s climax? The post 39: Movement 5 (Act 3) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Devin and Adam are joined by special guest Josh Stifter, an animator, writer, and filmmaker. He is here to talk about his film “The Good Exorcist” and his experience on Robert Rodriguez’s reality docu-series “Rebel Without a Crew” premiering November 18th. The post Campfire Chat: Josh Stifter appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What are the events that take your hero from the midpoint crisis to their self realization and recovery? Join Adam and Devin as they finish breaking down Act 2, by examining Movement 4. The post 38: Movement 4 (Act 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What are the events that take your Hero from the Danger Zone to the Midpoint, the Crisis, the Tipping Point? Fight, Flight, or Freeze? Join Devin and Adam as they continue to breakdown Act 2, by exploring Movement 3. The post 37: Movement 3 (Act 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What are the events that transition your Hero from the end of Movement 1 (Out of Comfort Zone) to the end threshold of Movement 2 (Into Danger Zone)? Why do we like to think of Movement 2 as the first day of school? UPDATE: It was brought to our attention that a section of this […] The post 36: Movement 2 (Act 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What are the events that make up Movement One (or Act One)? How do these events translate into future acts and movements? Why is it important to keep Movement One as tight and clean as possible? Devin and Adam lay the groundwork for the events of Movement One. The post 35: Movement 1 (Act 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What is the importance of decision points and thresholds? How can you use movements to break down that daunting Act 2? What are the differences between 3, 4, and 5 act structures? Adam and Devin explore what acts and movements are made of. The post 34: Acts and Movements appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What are the elements that make up a good scene? How do you link scenes together to create a longer sequence? Devin and Adam discuss the building blocks of great scene building. The post 33: Scenes and Sequences appeared first on StoryOsophy.

In this episode, we continue our introduction to story structure. What are the different ways you can approach story structure? What does it mean to be a story architect? Devin and Adam discuss how to design and build your story’s structure. The post 32: Story Architects appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Season Two begins! Adam and Devin embark on their exploration of story structure and its design. Master your storytelling structure! Why do storytellers struggle with story structure so much? How can you look at story structure as a freeing process rather than a limitation? The post 31: Introduction to Story Structure appeared first on StoryOsophy.