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Day 57: Type of Problem and Narrative Fabric
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Day 56: Scale of Change and Narrative Fabric
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Day 55: Scale of Change Example—The Martian
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Day 54: Scale of Change
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Day 53: Considering Change in Our Story
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Day 52: Staying Curious
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Day 51: Getting Unstuck
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Day 50: Revisting Narrative Situation
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Day 49: Narrative Situation Questions
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Day 48: Basic Internal Conflict
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Day 47: Resourcing and Support
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Day 46: Reading Lark Rise
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Day 45: Basic Conflict and Activity
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Day 44: Considering the Protagonist Part 5
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Day 43: Considering the Protagonist Part 4
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Day 42: Considering the Protagonist Part 3
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Day 41: Considering the Protagonist Part 2
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Day 40: Effective Story Decisions
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Day 39: Archetypal Roles for Antagonists
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Day 38: Motivation Reaction Units
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Day 37: Assessing the Story World Part 1
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Day 36: Narrative Situation Part 2
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Day 35: Narrative Situation
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Day 34: Thinking about the Primary Force of Antagonism
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Day 33: Opening Lines Exercises Part 2
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Day 32: Opening Line Exercise Part 1
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Day 31: Relevant Characteristics of the Story World
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Day 30: Thinking about the Protagonist
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Day 29: World-Building
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Day 28: The Story's Main Message
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Ep. 138: World Building

Whether your characters live and work in a world that looks like ours, or they travel through a portal to someplace virtually unrecognizable to us, exploring new ways to enter your story universe will help you craft a world that better supports the story you want to tell.

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Ep. 137: Strengthen Your Setting

Whether your story is realistic or complete fantasy, the time you spend focusing on your setting is valuable because uderstanding the world around your characters will help you create a stronger story. 

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Ep. 136: Resolutions

We all have some idea of what a resolution is, but what are these scene and story-enders meant to do? In this episode, Leslie explores resolutions so you can write stronger scenes and stories.