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Q&A: Hero Needs and Wants

Q&A: Hero Needs and Wants

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Character Development, Q&A, Story Mastery ArticlesBy Michael HaugeOctober 29, 201510 Comments

Q: I really enjoy your seminars and writings on story, but I’m still wrestling with this issue: Should the needs and wants of my protagonist arise from the circumstances of the story?

Q&A: Structuring Short Films and Email Stories

Q&A: Structuring Short Films and Email Stories

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Q&A, Story Mastery Articles, Story StructureBy Michael HaugeJuly 9, 20151 Comment

Q: I’ve read your article on the 5 Key Turning Points of All Successful Stories, and watched your lecture on 6-stage plot structure that’s part of The Hero’s Two Journeys.

INTRODUCING YOUR HEROES: Julie & Julia

INTRODUCING YOUR HEROES: Julie & Julia

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Character Development, Story Mastery Articles, Writing StyleBy Michael HaugeJune 26, 20159 Comments

Arguably the most important portion of your story is the opening. This is where you must seduce your readers and audiences as you draw them…

Q&A: Naming Your Characters

Q&A: Naming Your Characters

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Character Development, Q&A, Story Mastery Articles, TV Writing, Writing StyleBy Michael HaugeJune 13, 20157 Comments

Q: When I first introduce a character into a story, must I always give his or her last name? Is the first name enough? Must I name the character at all?

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Q&A: KEEPING IT SIMPLE

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Q&A, Story Mastery Articles, Story StructureBy Michael HaugeMay 5, 20153 Comments

Q: Having recently completed the first draft of my screenplay, I find the 2nd act is a real drag. The movie is about a person told from three distinct memories.

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Q&A: The Ethics of Fabricated Stories

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Public Speakers, Q&A, Story Mastery ArticlesBy Michael HaugeApril 3, 20151 Comment

Q: I’m an internet marketer, and during your recent webinar with Andre Chaperon, I heard you say that it’s OK to make things up in a speech or a story.

MISDEMEANOR

MISDEMEANOR: Introducing Characters All At Once

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Character Development, Story Mastery Articles, Story Misdemeanors, Writing StyleBy Michael HaugeApril 3, 2015Leave a comment

Have you ever been the last to arrive at a party and the host introduces you, one at a time, to everyone there? So how many of those names are you able to remember?

THE KEY TO CHARACTER DESCRIPTION: VIVID, REVEALING DETAILS

THE KEY TO CHARACTER DESCRIPTION: VIVID, REVEALING DETAILS

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Character Development, Story Mastery Articles, Writing StyleBy Michael HaugeFebruary 11, 201525 Comments

Your job as a storyteller is to create IMAGES. This is true not just for screenwriters, but for anyone presenting a story to a reader or an audience.

DIALOGUE vs. ACTION: Tell Don’t Show

DIALOGUE vs. ACTION: Tell Don’t Show

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Character Development, Story Mastery Articles, Writing StyleBy Michael HaugeDecember 18, 201413 Comments

Writing and storytelling are filled with rules and maxims that are presented as unbreakable commandments – but which should occasionally be challenged.

Arenas and Finish Lines: AVATAR and THE HURT LOCKER

Arenas and Finish Lines: AVATAR and THE HURT LOCKER

Articles for Marketers, Articles for Novelists, Articles for Public Speakers, Articles for Screenwriters, Movie Analysis, Story Mastery Articles, Story StructureBy Michael HaugeOctober 7, 20145 Comments

I find it fascinating that Avatar and The Hurt Locker – the two movies that duked it out for the 2009 Best Picture Oscar® – have so many common plot elements.

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