Smarter Story Structure

Do you want to become a pro at story structure?

’Course you do. After all, it’s the key to writing better stories—faster.

Here’s how it works:

With story structure, you have markers to write toward. You don’t have to spend your (limited) writing time wondering where to take your story…or asking yourself, What happens next?

You’ll know.

Plus, you won’t have to build structure into your novel after the fact. This should reduce your revision time. Significantly.

In a nutshell, you save time AS you write and AFTER you write. Cool, right?

Wait, ’cause it gets better.

Story structure generates the up-and-down rhythm—the roller-coaster ride—that keeps readers engaged from beginning to end of your novel.

As Chris Vogler put it in The Writer’s Journey, “The structure of a story acts like a pump to increase the involvement of the audience. Good structure works by alternately lowering and raising the hero’s fortunes and, with them, the audience’s emotions.”

That’s why it’s critical to master story structure. And with Smarter Story Structure, you can do so as quickly and painlessly as possible.

You see, to create this course, I took the best takeaways from the Story Structure Essentials series (these are “deep dive” writing guides that, together, total over 250,000 words)—as well as from Story Stakes and Sparkling Story Drafts—and condensed them into 5 modules that you can binge on in a weekend.

Here’s a sampling of what you’ll receive when you purchase the course:

• page numbers to place your inciting incident so you know your novel doesn’t start too slowly (and how to compensate when your inciting incident is delayed)
• a surefire way to detect whether your story only gains traction halfway through (a common problem)
• tips on how to execute the “all is lost” moment with skill
• instructional videos on how to craft an epically long climax that will dazzle readers (rather than fizzling out and delivering a wimpy ending)
• advice on how to increase the odds that your resolution will net you more sales in the future

PRAISE FOR SMARTER STORY STRUCTURE

RUPERT COLLEY (author of The Woman on the Train and founder of the bestselling History in an Hour series – published by HarperCollins): “Smarter Story Structure provides a solid foundation and, at the same time, provides so many suggestions and ‘tricks’ that can take a WIP up a level or two. I enjoyed the course very much, and will refer back to it as I work on my current WIP.”

ARIADNE S: “I love, love, love this course – it’s well structured and well presented – with great knowledge, plus room to ‘digest.’ It will be such a time (and mistake) saver.”

JAMES CAFFERY (Quarterfinalist in the WeScreenPlay Pilot Competition – 2018): “This course, Smarter Story Structure, is fantastic & spot-on. For me, it’s been a series of mini-light bulbs popping off along the way, and I can’t thank H. R. D’Costa enough for her insight and clarity.”

Still on the fence? Then you should be aware…

This course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can purchase it today without any risk.

You can go through this self-paced course as many times as you want. In other words, you’ll have a quick refresher on structure at your fingertips before you dive into each of your writing projects. (This is especially valuable if your writing schedule is erratic.)

The course is a blend of 15 videos, 3 audio-only lessons, and high-quality visuals (100+ images, 12 infographics, and 5 slide decks). This approach enables you to learn in depth, while keeping your learning time to a minimum. (Plus, there’s something for every learning style.)