Writing Masterclass: The Art Of Meaningful Storytelling.

Learn to write meaningful stories and find your own writing style using the Metaphorical Constellation method I designed

What you'll learn

Apply a symbolic method of narrative analysis, developed by the instructor, to craft authentic and meaningful stories.

Understand how your writing affects your audience — what works, what doesn’t, and why.

Learn beginner and advanced creative writing techniques for crafting short stories in novel format.

Learn to distinguish authentic from inauthentic writing, and how to develop your own writing style.

Learn the basics of scriptwriting and how to write a short film screenplay.

Learn the foundations of semantic literary analysis, in order to deeply analyze books, movies, or video games.

Learn how to create deep and interesting characters for impactful storytelling.

Learn what author’s intuition is and how to apply it in your work.

Learn to analyze and break down storytelling methods in iconic films like Kung Fu Panda, The Lord of the Rings, and Mission: Impossible.

Requirements

No experience needed — though carefully spacing out tea and cookies during lectures is strongly encouraged.

Description

An author is someone who can breathe life into their creation and gently guide it, while it starts taking shape. But how do you write stories that feel real, meaningful, and alive? In the modern day, the creation process often turns into a struggle. Trauma, inauthenticities, distortions, stress often keep authors away from being gentle with their creations, let alone have enough life to breathe it into anything. Or into anyone, sometimes even themselves. Despite that, there is a deep inner potential that is waiting to be unraveled, and I will take my best shot to teach you how to unravel it in this writing masterclass. What waits for you: Learn to use a symbolic method of narrative analysis, ideation and story generation, called "Metaphorical Constellations"  developed personally by me.  Understand why the author's profession is not a mere self-expression, but a necessary craft that people desperately need: why authors, creative writers and narrative designers matter. Develop your own writing style and craft both beginner and advanced short stories in novel format.Learn how to give stories symbolic meaning to create depth and introduce memorable lore. Storytelling analysis of iconic films like "Lord of the Rings", "Kung Fu Panda", and "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1". Learn the basics of script writing and create a short film script. Learn how to analyze literature, with the help of semantic analysis, in order to elevate your storytelling to professional level.I will teach you what I have learned from Carl Gustave Jung, Joe Dispenza, Alan Watts and help you to understand how to handshake the conscious and subconscious parts of your psyche.How to deal with the hardships authors are confronted with during their career. From Creativity blocks and burnouts, to inauthenticities, project management, job security, AI replacement, the occasional existential crisis…the usual author's Thursday. And most important of all: We will learn how to touch the hearts of others. That is only a taste of the journey we will have together. Whether you are a beginner or intermediate writer, film director or game director, I hereby invite you to be a part of it and together, You, me, a little bit of ink and with quills in our hands, we can face the magic dragon that is standing between You and your inner author's potential. Let's unravel Your Author's potential!

Overview

Section 1: Prologue

Lecture 1 What is an Author?

Lecture 2 Existential Holes and Why Do We Need Authors?

Lecture 3 Existential Sources

Section 2: Metaphorical Families

Lecture 4 Introduction to Metaphors and the Mythological Metaphor

Lecture 5 Animal Metaphor

Lecture 6 Plant Metaphor

Lecture 7 Natural/Weather Metaphor

Lecture 8 Mineral Metaphor

Lecture 9 Object Metaphor

Lecture 10 Why Do We Need Metaphors and How They Affect our Audience?

Section 3: Creating a Story

Lecture 11 Introduction to Symbols

Lecture 12 How to create a Symbol? Analysis of the One Ring from "Lord of the Rings".

Lecture 13 Analyzing "Kung Fu Panda".

Lecture 14 Analyzing "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1".

Lecture 15 Creating a Story Using the Metaphorical Constellation Method

Lecture 16 (BONUS LECTURE) Creating a Story Live, Step by Step.

Section 4: Origin Stories

Lecture 17 How to Determine Your Writer's Style?

Lecture 18 What Are Origin Stories?

Lecture 19 Creating an Origin Story.

Lecture 20 Forward Origin Story.

Lecture 21 Forward Origin Story Breakdown.

Lecture 22 Reverse Origin Story.

Section 5: Script Writing.

Lecture 23 What is a Script?

Lecture 24 Downloading the Software.

Lecture 25 Software Basics and Scene Heading.

Lecture 26 Writing Action.

Lecture 27 Writing Dialogue.

Lecture 28 Writing and Discussing 1.

Lecture 29 Writing and Discussing 2.

Lecture 30 Writing and Discussing 3.

Lecture 31 Wrap Up.

Section 6: Semantic Analysis

Lecture 32 What is Semantic Analysis?

Lecture 33 Semantic Analysis Exercise 1.

Lecture 34 Semantic Analysis Exercise 2.

Lecture 35 Semantic Analysis Exercise 3.

Lecture 36 Semantic Analysis Exercise 4.

Lecture 37 Purpose and Use Cases of Semantic Analysis.

Section 7: Hardships

Lecture 38 What Hardships do Authors Face?

Lecture 39 Hardship #1: Existential Crisis.

Lecture 40 Hardship #2: Cycle of Creation.

Lecture 41 Hardship #3: How Do I Get a Job?

Lecture 42 Hardship # 4 Should I Write with AI?

Lecture 43 In Conclusion..?

Section 8: Epilogue

Lecture 44 Where the Author's Journey Begins…

Writers (beginner and intermediate),Film directors,Game directors,Music composers who want to create narratives around their music,Narrative designers,Online content creators,Animators who want to create independent stories in their animation.