3: David Farland: Writing the Basic Parts of the Story

1. Introducing setting, characters, and conflicts
2. Creating an inciting incident
3. The first try/fail cycle for the major conflict
4. Escalating to the second try/fail
5. Third Try/Fail
6. The climax (with its possible reversals)
7. The denouement

If you missed it, you can listen to the recording below:

For the first fifteen minutes, David answered callers' questions:

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David's advice on writing the Basic Parts of the Story was recorded separately (the final Q&A did not record--sorry!)

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