Season 2
Episodes
How to Break Your Story in Five Easy Steps (Part 4 - What's the Inciting Incident?)
S2 E15 – Breaking your Story in Five Easy Steps – Part 4 – What's the Inciting Incident?Many writers get confused about what the Inciting Incident is, and where it needs to happen in the story. Here's a definition...
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How to Break Your Story in Five Easy Steps (Part 3 - What Does Your Character Need?)
S2 E14 – Breaking your Story in Five Easy Steps – Part 3 – What does Your Protagonist Need?It’s essential for you to understand the difference between your character’s want versus their need. It’s also essential for...
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What is Gratitude and Why is it so Important?
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWES2 E13 – Why is Gratitude so Important? Finding Peace in the Midst of Your PainSince it's Thanksgiving, we're taking a break from the current series in order to contemplate...
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How to Break Your Story in Five Easy Steps (Part 2 - What Does Your Protagonist Want?)
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWES2 E12 – Breaking your Story in Five Easy Steps – Part 2 – What does Your Protagonist Want?When it comes to staying on track with a story, there is nothing more important...
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How to Break Your Story in Five Easy Steps (Part 1 - Find Your Main Character)
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWES2 E11 – How to Break Your Story in Five Easy Steps (Part 1: Find Your Main Character) DOWNLOAD FULL TRANSCRIPTS FOR FREE on the podcast page of our website at...
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Seven Things that are NOT Heroic (but are often Characterized as being so)
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWES2 E10–Seven Things that are NOT Heroic (but are often Characterized as being so)DOWNLOAD FULL TRANSCRIPTS FOR FREE on the podcast page of our website at...
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Why the Success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Gives Me Hope
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWES2 E9 – Why the Success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Gives Me HopeDOWNLOAD FULL TRANSCRIPTS FOR FREE on the podcast page of our website at...
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An Example from the Christian Community of a Story that Violates a Biblical Moral Worldview
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWES2 E8 – An Example from the Christian Community of a Story that Violates a Biblical Moral WorldviewDOWNLOAD FULL TRANSCRIPTS FOR FREE on the podcast page of our website at...
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From Hopelessness to Hope: The Defining Characteristic of a Biblical Moral Worldview
In this episode, Zena analyzes Fight Club, No Country for Old Men, and The Road. These three stories represent case studies of what happens when writers don't have a clear moral worldview or when they fail to have a...
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How has the Anti-Hero Archetype Influenced Modern Storytelling?
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWES2 E6 – How the Anti-Hero Archetype has Infected our Kinds of StoriesFollow along with the cheat sheet below, or DOWNLOAD FULL TRANSCRIPTS FOR FREE on the podcast page of...
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The Hero's Paradox: How to Write Flawed Characters without Undermining their Heroic Potential
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWES2 - EPISODE 4 – The Hero's Paradox: How to Write Flawed Characters without Undermining their Heroic PotentialFollow along with the cheat sheet below, or DOWNLOAD FULL...
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The Rise of the Anti-Hero and a Cynical Moral Worldview
THE STORYTELLER’S MISSION WITH ZENA DELL LOWESEASON 2: EPISODE 3 – The Rise of the Anti-Hero and a Cynical Moral Worldview Follow along with the cheat sheet below, or DOWNLOAD FULL TRANSCRIPTS FOR FREE on the podcast...
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