Resources
Checklists, cheat sheets, illustrations and guides to help you put the principles of 27 Essential Principles of Story to work. Click any cover to open the PDF.
Checklist and Cheat Sheets
A scene checklist plus seven one-page cheat sheets, one for each stage of the craft.
Checklist
Scene Development Checklist
Cheat Sheet 1
Master Story Selection
Cheat Sheet 2
Master World-Building
Cheat Sheet 3
Master Character Design
Cheat Sheet 4
Master Dialogue
Cheat Sheet 5
Master Plot Construction
Cheat Sheet 6
Master Theme
Cheat Sheet 7
Master Execution
Graphic Illustrations
Visual tools for plotting your story and building conflict and character.
Illustration
Basic Plot Train Graphic
Illustration
Layer Conflict
Illustration
Peel the Onion
Guides
Five in-depth guides to building your writing life, from finding your center to rewriting like a pro.
Guide 1
The Self-Elicitation Guide
Guide 2
Building a Writing Life
Guide 3
Building a Daily Practice
Guide 4
Craft Your Treatment
Guide 5
Rewrite Like
a Pro
Learn how the greatest writers in history, in all media, wrote their masterpieces.