Episode 6: PLOT TWISTS! ft. Shannon McLellan

In this episode of The Architecture of Story, authors Meg Rosenthal and Shannon McLellan go into detail about the intricacies of weaving a plot twist into your story. They define a plot twist and provide examples of different kinds of twists before giving you tips and tricks on how to effectively pull one off. Finally, the duo talks about the effects on your story’s structure depending on when the plot twist occurs.

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Nailing the Finish Line ft. J.N. Kindig The Architecture of Story

In this episode of The Architecture of Story, authors Meg Rosenthal and J.N. Kindig discuss several archetypal ways that you can cross that final threshold and NAIL that finish line… or in other words, finish your story. Using a traditional three act story structure as the vehicle to arrive at the final image, Kindig brings to the conversation her own education from her recent masters in English degree to guide us all to different types of narrative endings we can employ. Click to learn more about Jeff VanderMeer and Wonderbook: https://wonderbooknow.com/about/Connect with Jordan:https://www.authorjnkindig.comInstagram @authorjnkindigTikTok @authorjnkindigConnect with Meg:https://megrosenthal.comInstagram @megrosenthalauthor TikTok @megrosenthal.author
  1. Nailing the Finish Line ft. J.N. Kindig
  2. Story Arc Within Genre: Mystery ft. Benjamin Bradley
  3. Character Driven Plots ft. Hannah Hamrick
  4. Story Arc Within Genre: Fantasy/ Plotting a Trilogy
  5. 7 Point Story Structure ft. Nicole Ryan

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