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Debra Dixon’s GMC book is quintessential on building a character’s Goal, Motivation and Conflict. I developed my YouTube GMC videos in part by using Debra’s book.
Laurie’s Believable Characters book walks you through how to create vivid characters using enneagrams. She gives numerous examples on how these can help build your GMC.
I devoured On Writing. Part memoir and part craft book, it’s a must read.
Candee Fick’s Author Toolbox offers a complete guide to building a book and a career.
I’ve had this book for years, it’s still my go-to. “Techniques of the Selling Writer provides solid instruction for people who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific procedures needed by all beginning writers. Here one can learn how to group words into copy that moves, movement into scenes, and scenes into stories; how to develop characters, how to revise and polish, and finally, how to sell the product.”
This is story telling, whether for books or screenplays. My copy of The Writer’s Journey has flags all over it.
Originally an influential memo Vogler wrote for Walt Disney Animation executives regarding The Lion King, The Writer’s Journey details a twelve-stage, myth-inspired method that has galvanized Hollywood’s treatment of cinematic storytelling.
“The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people–including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the “song of the universe, the music of the spheres.”
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