510 - Craft Compendium

<p>John and Craig curate a collection of craft topics: character wants and needs, point of view, and letting your heroes drive scenes. From internal struggles to the external obstacles, they share how to design a story that best serves a character’s journey.</p> <p>We wrap up our clip show with a discussion on what we are still learning about craft. Defensive writing, the demons of perfectionism–John and Craig also face these obstacles and share advice on overcoming them.</p> <p>Finally in our bonus segment for premium members, John and Craig discuss how they deal with ‘want versus need’ in real life.</p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://johnaugust.com/2016/what-do-they-want">Episode 279, What Do They Want?</a></li> <li><a href="https://johnaugust.com/2018/point-of-view">Episode 358, Point of View</a></li> <li><a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2017/teaching-your-heroes-to-drive">Episode 307, Teaching Your Heroes to Drive</a></li> <li>For more on character wants check out John’s blogposts: <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2008/rethinking-motivation">Rethinking Motivation</a> and <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2007/what-does-he-want">What Does He Want</a>.</li> <li>Creatures before Dinosaurs: <a href= "https://www.fossilguy.com/gallery/vert/placoderm/dunkleosteus/index.htm">Dunkleosteus</a> and the <a href= "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-species-crocodiles-there-was-carolina-butcher-180954636/">Carolina Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="https://fortmacleod.com/play-here/tourism/">Fort Macleod</a></li> <li><a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/products/for-all-time#/10278066/tee-men-standard-tee-military-green-tri-blend-s"> Get our new 10th Anniversary T-Shirts</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts">Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription</a> or <a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/">treat yourself to a premium subscription!</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/johnaugust">John August</a> on Twitter</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/clmazin">Craig Mazin</a