Master the 5 Key Elements of Story

Understand what makes a story so you can make your story great.

4.57 (1530 reviews)
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Master the 5 Key Elements of Story
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21 mins
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Dec 2016
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FREE
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What you will learn

You'll gain a better understand how the elements of story work and how to ramp them up in order engage the audience more profoundly.

At the end of this course, you’ll come away with some very focused questions to ask of your own work, and you’ll be better equipped to see exactly where and how your stories are weak and can be improved.

Why take this course?

Writers of story-driven fiction or memoir often pay too much attention to crafting beautiful sentences. It's not that poetic lines aren't appealing, but story is way more important. Can you think of any very successful novels that were horribly "written"? Their success came from their storytelling.

This short course provides an introduction to the key elements necessary for every story and for every scene in your story. If you want to craft stories that have momentum, that readers cannot set down, you need to understand what a story really is. Ensuing courses in my Momentum series go into much more depth, but this course is the foundation.

Content

What Makes a Story?

Introduction
The 5 Elements of Story

The Five Elements Explained

The Elements Explained: Character
The Elements Explained: Objective
The Elements Explained: Conflict
The Elements Explained: Action
The Elements Explained: Stakes

Ramp Up Your Elements

Ramping Up the Elements
Wrap-Up and Homework

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Reviews

Wolfgang
October 8, 2023
It is not even possible to download the course. What are you supposed to do with a course that you can't even download?
Ilya
August 27, 2023
It's the very basics. And it's for creating a literature story, not for business. With that in mind, it's a very good lecture. Condensed and focused.
Ziyanda
March 21, 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed this! I am at the end (last two chapters) of my current work and needed some inspiration as I was having doubts about my ending and whether it was good enough. It's also been a while since I started the story, so I felt a little out of touch. That said, this course has been a pleasure to experience before I return to those chapters; I appreciate TD's passion and expertise, how concisely he structured the course, and all of the helpful tools and resources he's imparted to his students here. I think I would enjoy being in one of his classes (in real-life), as he shows genuine care for good storytelling and writers in general, while explaining things in a practical and engaging way. I feel lucky to have found this course for free!
Diana
February 16, 2023
kort, bondig. veel dingen die je al weet maar het is wel goed uitgelegd. stem van de leraar is erg aangenaam
Courtney
January 17, 2023
For being a free course, this has great information for people who don't do this kind of thing every day. I haven't taken an English class in God knows how long so this really helped me.
Aabgeeney
December 2, 2022
With this course, there's not a single way to decline for a story writer! It's tremendous.....Thanks a lot!
Shashank
November 5, 2022
It was very basic. I think he could have given us some examples of great stories and made the course detailed by explaining each element with multiple contexts and how they added together (collectively as well as individually) to make the story great.
Tricia
October 26, 2021
Short, sweet, and to the point! Explains very simply exactly what the course is all about. Not a very detailed, indepth class, just a very simple and digestible explanation of what makes a story. Worth it if you are just beginning to write or having trouble expanding your writing.
Johnathan
June 19, 2021
For a free course it was wonderful and engaging. There was some adult nudity in the downloadable content that should have been edited out but I definitely feel like buying more of his courses after finishing this one.
René
April 1, 2021
Very nicely summarize the elements of the story, with clear examples. It seems pretty complete and you're being challenged to review your own material based on these 5 elements.
Cory
January 30, 2021
Good intro course, put together well, efficient delivery. Would've liked more contrasting examples to help clarify points.
Denise
December 31, 2020
Of all the quotations there are in the world why choose one that is so disrespectful, "the uselessness of Christianity"? Really!? You lost my vote of confidence. What you have done, like so many other writes, you have included your bias - my prof called it "seepage". What else do you take offense to? You can keep that shit to yourself.
Vera
December 8, 2020
Very interesting & yes it’s a good match. I’m learning about elements of writing and how to make the applicable to enhance my writing skills.
Ruwanthi
December 5, 2020
It gave me an idea of what basic structure should be followed when writing a story. Very clear, simple and effective presentation. Thank you for that.
Inna
April 6, 2020
I like it. It was short and sweet. I read a lot of books on "How to write a novel". This course got the essentials. Thank you!

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