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Story Nerd

Story Nerd

Di: Melanie Hill Valerie Francis
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 For novelists, memoirists and screenwriters who want to write stories their readers will love. Each week literary editors, Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill, use films to explain how to craft a story that hooks the reader on page one and holds their attention all the way to the end. The goal is simple: to learn from writers who have come before us...what worked well and what didn't work so well. If you're a writer who loves to write, this podcast is for you! "The only thing that matters, and that ever will matter, is the story. That's it." - Tom Hanks (Oxford Union 2024)2022-2025 - Fifth Hammer Books, Inc. Arte Storia e critica della letteratura
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  • Darkest Hour: darkest villain

    Darkest Hour: darkest villain
    Mar 11 2026

    Calling historical fiction writers, memoirists, and anyone writing a "David and Goliath" style story! In this episode, I do a deep dive into the Speech in Praise of the Villain and I show how the filmmakers expertly (and seamlessly) used exposition to let the viewing audience know just how formidable the antagonist is. (The level of craft here is truly next-level stuff!) And Melanie explains how, yet again, we have a story where the protagonist is a constant character...he doesn't have an arc, but the story sure does!

    Acquire the power to write a bestselling story at storynerd.ca/courses

    For access to writing templates and worksheets, and more than 70 hours of training (all for free), subscribe to Valerie's Inner Circle.

    To learn to read like a writer, visit Melanie's website.
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    40 min
  • Amour: looks easy, but isn't

    Amour: looks easy, but isn't
    Mar 4 2026

    HEADS-UP! Amour is beautiful but heavy (have the tissue ready!).

    Do you want to write gritty stories that leave readers grief struck long after they read THE END and close the book? Amour is a fantastic template for a complex moral problem that will never be resolved. This is another example of how a story can have an arc when the protagonist is constant. And Valerie does a stellar job of working out who or what the force of antagonism is and how the speech in praise of the villain applies when the antagonist isn't obvious. -M.

    Acquire the power to write a bestselling story at storynerd.ca/courses

    For access to writing templates and worksheets, and more than 70 hours of training (all for free), subscribe to Valerie's Inner Circle.

    To learn to read like a writer, visit Melanie's website.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    30 min
  • Amour: looks easy, but isn't!

    Amour: looks easy, but isn't!
    Mar 4 2026

    HEADS-UP! Amour is beautiful but heavy (have the tissue ready!).

    Do you want to write gritty stories that leave readers grief struck long after they read THE END and close the book? Amour is a fantastic template for a complex moral problem that will never be resolved. This is another example of how a story can have an arc when the protagonist is constant. And Valerie does a stellar job of working out who or what the force of antagonism is and how the speech in praise of the villain applies when the antagonist isn't obvious. -M.

    Acquire the power to write a bestselling story at storynerd.ca/courses

    For access to writing templates and worksheets, and more than 70 hours of training (all for free), subscribe to Valerie's Inner Circle.

    To learn to read like a writer, visit Melanie's website.
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    30 min
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