How to create a story structure. Every story needs a plot: an exciting series of events. Most stories follow a simple structure that is called the story mountain, but obviously all stories don't have ...

“Despite huge changes in the technology of news, the structure of a story today doesn’t look hugely different from one in, say, 1932.” At the risk of sounding self-serving (you’ll see why below), ...

This is an excerpt of a piece written by former NPR editor Jonathan Kern. It has been lightly edited. One of the under-appreciated challenges in putting a radio report together is ensuring that the ...

This blog post originally appeared on Film Independent‘s blog and appears here with the permission of the author. The following is a true story. I did a script coaching session for someone I’ll call ...

Set of worksheets to learn about characters and story structure based on the story of Hansel & Gretel. Activities include oral retelling, sequencing events, identifying different parts of the story, ...

I’ve always wondered how they do it. The famous directors who craft the events in a movie so perfectly that the viewers feel like they’ve seen everything they’ve needed to see, to be part of, and live ...