Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience
The Three-Act Story Structure
A course by Courtney Maum , Author and Book Coach
About the video: The Three-Act Story Structure
Overview
“Here we will take a look at this classic but effective story-telling tool.”
In this video lesson Courtney Maum addresses the topic: The Three-Act Story Structure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience. Learn how to write a compelling personal narrative by exploring different literary devices and story structures.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Three-Act Story Structure In the last lesson, we looked at timeline A, the universal, and timeline B, the personal. In this lesson we're going to learn how to create a three-act story structure. The three-act story structure is actually a Hollywood device that comes from screenwriting, but I find it to be the most useful tool I have for plotting out fiction and non-fiction for stories of any length. It consists of what it sounds like a three-act structure. In act one, we have our setup, in act two confrontation, and act three is our resolution. I'm now going to show you how I plot out a...”
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Course summary for: Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience
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Creative Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Writing
Courtney Maum
A course by Courtney Maum
American author and book coach Courtney Maum has used stories to make sense of the world since she was a child. She studied comparative literature and French translation at university before going on to work in advertising agencies as a copywriter and corporate namer. She has used her love of storytelling to create compelling backstories for everything from nail polish to electric cars.
Courtney is fascinated with the creative process and has written and published several books with some of the biggest publishing houses and editors in America, including Penguin Random House and The New York Times. She also founded a collaborative retreat for creative professionals and has a regular newsletter, Get Published, Stay Published, in which she shares her tips for staying motivated during the writing process.
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