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Helping YOU understand Story Structure. Join Autumn Birt and Jesper Schmidt – two bestselling authors and writing coaches – in this limited series as they plot a story from scratch. Learn more at www.WriteTheStory.Show
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Mech Shorts is a creative archive for short narrative science fiction pieces focused on a pilot and a mech. I created these short narrative pieces as a part of Reese Hopper's Creative Consistency Challenge in early 2025. The goal was to create a small, achievable piece of art for fifteen days straight, so I chose to make short mini-episodes in one of my favorite science fiction genres: mecha. I spent no more than an hour and no less than fifteen minutes on each episode. These are not meant t ...
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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I created this narrative short as a part of the 2025 Creative Consistency Challenge by Reese Hopper. Each piece was completed in between 15 - 45 minutes as an exercise in completing art and keeping scope in check, while getting better through disciplined practice. Please enjoy this slapdash sci fi, and keep an eye out for when I release reflective …
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Do you want to write a stronger story? Would you like to worry less about plot holes and weak characters? Some writers shy away from outlining, believing it their worst nightmare, and state that time is better spent writing a novel than planning it. Then there are those who’ve tried plotting, perhaps more than a few times, only to get lost in the w…
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Episode 8 - Opening and Closing Lines of a Story
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In the eight, and final episode, of Write the Story podcast, Autumn and Jesper starts out by reviewing whether the introduction of the protagonist in chapter one has been handled well enough. After that, they take a closer look at the opening and closing lines of the story. The opening line is the first chance to snare the reader’s attention and ge…
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Episode 7 - Sub Plots and How to Create Strong Chapters
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Sub plots can add to the context and complexity of a novel or they can derail the entire plot. Why one sub plot works and another doesn’t, isn’t always clear. In this episode, Jesper initially believes that there isn’t much more to add in terms of sub plots to their short story, but he will soon think otherwise once he and Autumn starts discussing …
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All the work done so far was leading up to this point – the Climax and the Wrap Up. While it’s fair to assume that everyone understands that the Climax is the final showdown, where the protagonist will either achieve or fail the goal, it’s not as safe a bet to expect that the true purpose of the Climax is always that clear. Unless you’re able to ti…
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Episode 5 – Develop Plan or Planning Phase of the Story
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Develop Plan – or at times Autumn and Jesper refer to it as the Planning Phase – makes up the second half of the middle of your story. There’s actually quite a lot to achieve here before we bump into the next Plot Post, the Climax. In this part of the story, you’ll be setting up the conclusion to the character arc while simultaneously allowing enou…
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Episode 4 – The Intro, Inciting Incident, Reaction Phase and New Info
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When creating stories they consist of some cornerstones. Autumn and Jesper call these Plot Posts. Plot Posts are intended as a “catch all” phrase for the major turning points of a novel. There are seven of these Plot Posts: The Intro, Inciting Incident, Reaction Phase, New Info (or Dark Night of the Soul), Develop Plan, Climax and Wrap Up. In this …
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Episode 3 – Character Arc and Personalities for Secondary Characters
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In this episode of the Write the Story podcast, Jesper and Autumn flesh out the character arc for the main protagonist, Dramna. It's also time to expand upon the personalities of the secondary characters in the story. Do you want the book, Jesper and Autumn are using as a guide for this podcast series? Get it here: https://books2read.com/Plot-Devel…
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Episode 1 – The Seven Pillars of Story Structure
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In the first episode of ‘Write the Story’ podcast, Jesper and Autumn discuss the premise they've developed in preparation for this podcast and look for ways to improve upon the general structure of the story. Do you need more insight on developing a story premise: https://books2read.com/StoryIdeas Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/AmWriting…
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The time has come to develop the characters further; especially Dramna, the protagonist. Jesper and Autumn discuss character roles - also for the secondary characters, making a Priestess much more interesting - before, in the second half of this episode, the focus is on developing the personality for the protagonist of the story. Do you want the bo…
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Trailer: The Story Premise. The starting point for this podcast
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Stories that ‘work’, touches something inside of us. They have a sense of magic to them that reach the reader on a fundamental level. But how do we create a story that ‘works’? Do we focus on the characters? The plot? The theme? Something else…? With the Internet booming with advice, and associated acronyms, it’s like tumbling down a bottom-less ra…
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Trailer – What is the ‘Write the Story’ podcast?
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Stories that ‘work’, touches something inside of us. They have a sense of magic to them that reach the reader on a fundamental level. But how do we create a story that ‘works’? Do we focus on the characters? The plot? The theme? Something else…? With the Internet booming with advice, and associated acronyms, it’s like tumbling down a bottom-less ra…
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