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Moving From Idea to Finished Draft
Class Basics
Where This Class Came From and What You Should Gain From It
Story Mechanics
Something Changes
Ways An Idea for a Story Can Manifest
Ways Into a Story: Structures
Plot
Referenced Story: Pippa's Smiles
Technique
Referenced Story: Kallakak's Cousins
Predetermined Structure
Referenced Story: Just the Facts
Stealing
Referenced Story: A Querulous Flute of Bone
Culturally Determined Structure
Referenced Story: Narrative of a Beast's Life
Ways Into Stories: Fragments
Character
Referenced Story: Raven
Dialogue
Referenced Story: The Coffee Cup Song
Setting
Referenced Story: In the Lesser Southern Isles
Scene
Referenced Story: Magnificent Pigs
Beginning
Referenced Story: The Dead Girl's Wedding March
Ending
Referenced Story: The Subtler Art
Title
Referenced Story: I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said
Image
Object
Referenced Story: The Bumblety's Marble
Ways Into Stories: Directives
Narrator
Referenced Story: Worm Within
Point of View
Referenced Story: ​English Muffin, Devotion on the Side
Historical Moment
Referenced Story: The Raiders
Sentiment or Emotion
Referenced Story: The Owlkit, the Candymaker, the Beekeeper, and the Brewer
Imitation, Riff, or Tribute
Referenced Story: Bus Ride to Mars
Theme Anthology or Other Constraints
Referenced Story: Hoofsore and Weary
Collaboration
Conclusions and Resources
Conclusions
Ways An Idea for a Story Can Manifest
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