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Receive expert coaching and learn how to turn these tools to your own excellent story idea(s)

Interactive Learning

Engage with templates, tips, and tricks to enhance your storytelling skills

Unlock Your Creativity

Overcome writer's block and bring your unique stories to life

About the Course

Do you believe you have a book inside? Do you have a great idea to start from? This course is designed to guide you through the process of developing solid plot lines, rounded characters, and even structure a series (if you want to!) Learn from an experienced author how to plot out stories effectively, overcome creative hurdles, and unleash your full writing potential. Join us on this transformative journey to become the writer you've always dreamed of being, and get your book planned on the page.

About Me (Brynne Nelson)

I am a happily married, 31-year-old mother of five (!) children who wants to change the world—just a little— with words. Being neurodivergent (I have AuDHD) gives me a view of people and life that not everyone gets, and I have become grateful for that. I studied English at Brigham Young University until chronic (see: daily) migraine headaches forced me to drop out—though I will be getting my degree someday! I have an unusual passion for correct grammar and punctuation, and a less-unusual passion for socially intelligent fairy tale retellings. I hate peanut butter cookies and the smell of coffee, but I am delighted by the wonder of children, the appreciation found in some corners of society for the wholesome, and soap that smells like fruit and florals.

Spark to Story: The Methodology to Plot *Your* Story

8 Chapters · 41 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction (Or, If You Prefer, Prologue)

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Who Am I?

    2. Assignment: Draft Your Own Bio (Useful Later!) Free preview
  2. 2

    Basics: Story Structure

    1. Story Structure: What's That? Free preview
    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Exposition

    3. Rising and Falling Action, and the Overall Buildup of Conflict Tension Free preview
    4. (Included in full purchase)

      What Exactly is the Climax?

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      Climaxes PLURAL

    6. (Included in full purchase)

      "Dénouement"? Bless You!

  3. 3

    "What If" Questions and the Core Concept

    1. The "What Ifs" At the Heart of Your Story Free preview
    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Webbing "Cinderella"

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      What is Your "What If"?

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Web another Fairy Tale or Well-Known Short Story

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      What Have I Learned About "What If?" Questions?

    6. (Included in full purchase)

      Harry Potter (the Series) and its "What If?"

    7. (Included in full purchase)

      Standalone or Series: What Are You Writing?

    8. (Included in full purchase)

      A Note on Unfinished Business

    9. (Included in full purchase)

      Web a Prompt (Jack and the Beanstalk Retelling)

    10. (Included in full purchase)

      Web a Story (Original Prompt)

    11. (Included in full purchase)

      Web Your Own "What If" Prompt

  4. 4

    Character Rough Sketches

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Why Now?

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Define Cinderella

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Character Sheet (Reusable!)

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Discussion: Hagrid as a Character

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      Outline Your Characters! (Minimum of Two)

  5. 5

    Themes and Meaning

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      What Does it All Mean? Planning Themes Early

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Themes and Meaning Part 2: Why Do I Have to Do This Bit?

    3. Why are Themes and Meaning Necessary? Free preview
    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Themes and Meaning in "Cinderella"

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      Themes and Meaning in "Harry Potter"

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      List Your Themes

    7. (Included in full purchase)

      Themes and Meaning (Jack and the Beanstalk Story)

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      Themes and Meaning (Original Prompt Story)

    9. (Included in full purchase)

      Themes and Meaning in YOUR story

  6. 6

    Order and Organisation

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Organization: What Comes First?

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Organize "Jack and the Beanstalk" Story

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Organize the Webbed Version of YOUR Story

  7. 7

    Building a Multifaceted Timeline

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Customize Your Template (Nitty-Gritty Detail)

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Build a Timeline for "Jack and the Beanstalk" Story

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Build a Timeline for YOUR Story!

  8. 8

    Laying Out the First Draft

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Lay Out a Draft for Cinderella

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Lay Out The First Draft of YOUR Story!

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