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Plot + Structure
Characters
World Building
Prose + Dialogue
Genre + Tone
Organization
Creativity + Productivity
Characters
How to Write an Effective Mentor Character
Learn practical tips and insights for creating mentors who embody wisdom and emotional depth, serving as powerful catalysts for your protagonist's growth.
Plot + Structure
11 Rules for Crafting a Redemption Arc
Redemption arcs are a powerful storytelling tool that can transform a character's journey and evoke a sense of growth in readers. This list offers essential tips to help you create captivating redemption arcs and make your characters truly shine.
Creativity + Productivity
How to Use Inspiration Without Stealing Ideas for Your Story
There's a fine line between inspiration and plagiarism in the creative world. Learn how to draw from diverse influences and transform them into unique stories using these expert tips.
Creativity + Productivity
17 Tips for Your Writing Routine
In this list, we’ll dive into 17 elements to enrich your writing routine, inspired by the habits of successful writers. By embracing these strategies, you can elevate your craft and unlock the full potential of your creativity.
Creativity + Productivity
15 Ways to Overcome Writing Procrastination
Struggling with procrastination in your writing? You're not alone! Discover 15 effective strategies to help you overcome hurdles and boost productivity.
Plot + Structure
14 Techniques for Effective Pacing
Discover how mastering storytelling pacing techniques can transform your narrative into an engaging journey for readers. Learn to balance action and reflection with these impactful strategies to keep your audience captivated from start to finish.
Creativity + Productivity
11 Ways to Set a Writing Habit
Learn practical ways to establish a consistent writing habit and overcome writer's block with this list of effective techniques.
Masters + Examples
Writing Lessons from Dan Brown
Discover 10 essential writing lessons from Dan Brown, the bestselling author of *The Da Vinci Code*. Learn how his masterful storytelling techniques, character development, and meticulous research can elevate your writing craft and captivate readers.
Storytelling Essentials
How to Hook Your Audience at the Beginning of Your Story
Learn how to hook your audience right from the first sentence with proven techniques and tips. This article covers various types of hooks, from starting with action to creating emotional connections, ensuring your story captivates readers instantly.
Genre + Tone
How to Write a Heist Story
Learn how to use plot archetypes to create compelling heist stories in this video, featuring Brandon Sanderson's insights and analysis of popular heist films like Oceans Eleven and The Italian Job.
Plot + Structure
The 4-corner Opposition Story Structure
A video essay on the art of story structure in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, examining how the film balances big ideas and action through conflict and a sophisticated four-act structure.
Masters + Examples
Writing Lessons from Aaron Sorkin
Explore key screenwriting lessons from Aaron Sorkin, including crafting ideas with conflict, making progress in writing, the importance of intention in storytelling, and the value of diverse research for compelling narratives.
Characters
23 Positive Character Traits
Adding positive character traits is an effective way to make your characters more interesting and believable. Here is a list of 23 positive character traits you can use.
Characters
How the Joker Manipulates People
This video delves into the psychology of how the Joker uses the concept of aporia to manipulate his victims in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.
Characters
How to Kill Your Protagonist
Learn how to effectively kill off your protagonist in your story, exploring the consequences and follow-through, and how to prepare the reader for the protagonist's death, in this video by Hello Future Me.
Characters
How to Write Character Mannerisms
While subtle, mannerisms can reveal your character’s personality traits and backstory. Here is how you can incorporate them into your story without overdoing it.
Characters
How to Write a Dynamic Character
Want your readers to become emotionally invested in your story? Here are six tips for creating dynamic characters that will make them fall in love with your story.
Characters
How to Write an Effective Mentor Character
Learn practical tips and insights for creating mentors who embody wisdom and emotional depth, serving as powerful catalysts for your protagonist's growth.
Characters
The Essence of Humanity – Hayao Miyazaki
How does Hayao Myazaki use small character interactions and mannerisms to create realistic and human characters in his movies?
Characters
The Secret to Miyazaki's Realistic Characters
This video explores how Miyazaki's attention to detail and observation of real people creates realistic and complex characters in anime, using Princess Mononoke as an example.
Characters
Using Theme to Create Character
This video explores how the theme of progress is used to guide the design of the screenplay in Jurassic Park, examining the creation of opposing characters, plot and supporting characters, and how every choice feeds the theme.
Characters
What is Indirect Characterization
Learn about indirect characterization, a literary device that uses description and dialogue to reveal character. Here are five types of indirect characterization you need to know!
Characters
Writing a Hateable Villain
Creating a villain that everyone loves to hate is a fun challenge for any writer! Here are some friendly tips to help you whip up those detestable antagonists that audiences will love to despise.
Setting + World Building
10 Rules for Realistic Fantasy Maps
Keep your fantasy map grounded by following these helpful rules to create a realistic fictional world.
Setting + World Building
How to Create Seasons with Axial Tilt
How can the axial tilt of your story's world affect its seasons in drastic ways?
Setting + World Building
How to Create a Writing System for Your World
A written fictional language needs to adhere to rules in order for it to feel realistic, and many of those rules you need to set up on your own. Learn what you need to do to create yourself a realistic writing system.
Setting + World Building
How to Draw Settlements on a Map
Creating a fantasy map for your world requires a lot of different elements including cities and settlements. Learn how and where to draw them for your map.
Setting + World Building
How to draw mountains for a map
Learn the process of drawing mountains for your fantasy maps covering practical and artistic considerations, from initial planning and placement to detailed shading techniques.
Setting + World Building
Naming Your Countries, Cities and Places
Coming up with place names is hard. How do they start, change, and what is their broader relationship with power and migration?
Prose + Dialogue
Tarantino Dialogue - How Kill Bill Keeps Us Hooked
Learn how Quentin Tarantino keeps his long dialogue scenes engaging from beginning to end.
Genre + Tone
How to Construct a Future Noir
Learn how "Blade Runner" blends film noir and sci-fi to express the intricate morality of a dystopian future.
Genre + Tone
How to Write a Heist Story
Learn how to use plot archetypes to create compelling heist stories in this video, featuring Brandon Sanderson's insights and analysis of popular heist films like Oceans Eleven and The Italian Job.
Organization
Databases in Notion
Explore the power and versatility of Notion's database feature, learn how to create, manage, and utilize databases effectively, and discover how to transform your workflow with this comprehensive guide.
Organization
Editing a Document in Notion
This comprehensive Notion tutorial video guides you through creating and editing documents, managing tasks, and utilizing various features such as blocks and pages, aiming to enhance your productivity and workflow.
Organization
Understanding Blocks in Notion
Discover the power of Notion blocks and learn how they can transform your workflow, as we create a mission, vision, and values page for a hypothetical company.
Organization
Using Synced Blocks in Notion
Discover the power of Notion's Sync Blocks and learn how to use them to create an interconnected web of knowledge for efficient project management.
Organization
Using database page templates in Notion
Discover how to effectively create and use Notion's database templates to streamline regular tasks, meetings, and project management in this comprehensive tutorial.
Organization
Using linked database views in Notion
Discover how to effectively utilize Notion's database views to organize and centralize your team's knowledge, enhancing your workflow and project management.
Creativity + Productivity
11 Ways to Set a Writing Habit
Learn practical ways to establish a consistent writing habit and overcome writer's block with this list of effective techniques.
Creativity + Productivity
15 Ways to Overcome Writing Procrastination
Struggling with procrastination in your writing? You're not alone! Discover 15 effective strategies to help you overcome hurdles and boost productivity.
Creativity + Productivity
17 Tips for Your Writing Routine
In this list, we’ll dive into 17 elements to enrich your writing routine, inspired by the habits of successful writers. By embracing these strategies, you can elevate your craft and unlock the full potential of your creativity.
Creativity + Productivity
How to Stay Creative and Unique
Taika Waititi discusses how creativity has helped him to express his ideas and led him to where he is today.
Creativity + Productivity
How to Use Inspiration Without Stealing Ideas for Your Story
There's a fine line between inspiration and plagiarism in the creative world. Learn how to draw from diverse influences and transform them into unique stories using these expert tips.

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