Resources
Checklists, cheat sheets, illustrations and guides to help you put the principles of 27 Essential Principles of Story to work. They’re free. Enter your email below to open the library, and get a free chapter of the book.
What’s inside
- Seven cheat sheets, one for each stage of the craft: story selection, world-building, character design, dialogue, plot construction, theme and execution
- The Scene Development Checklist
- Story illustrations: Basic Plot, Layer Conflict and Peel the Onion
- Five practical guides to building a writing life, from designing a daily practice to rewriting like a pro
- Bonus: “Drop the Hammer,” a full chapter from the book
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Put the Principles to Work
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