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Alan Moore - Storytelling

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33 Episodes

  • Alan's Introduction
    E1
    Alan's Introduction
  • Writing As Enchantment
    E2
    Writing As Enchantment
  • Becoming a Writer
    E3
    Becoming a Writer
  • Four Weapons
    E4
    Four Weapons
  • Learning to Read
    E5
    Learning to Read
  • Imagination - Fire of the Gods
    E6
    Imagination - Fire of the Gods
  • Language As Technology
    E7
    Language As Technology
  • The Neurology of Writing
    E8
    The Neurology of Writing
  • Hemingway Vs. Baudelaire
    E9
    Hemingway Vs. Baudelaire
  • Fascinating Rhythm
    E10
    Fascinating Rhythm
  • Inventive Language
    E11
    Inventive Language
  • Structure
    E12
    Structure
  • Genre
    E13
    Genre
  • Mode
    E14
    Mode
  • Time and Timing
    E15
    Time and Timing
  • Misdirection
    E16
    Misdirection
  • Character
    E17
    Character
  • Extreme Character
    E18
    Extreme Character
  • Place
    E19
    Place
  • Creating Place
    E20
    Creating Place
  • Period
    E21
    Period
  • Considering Media
    E22
    Considering Media
  • Comic Cuts
    E23
    Comic Cuts
  • Screen Gems
    E24
    Screen Gems
  • Words, Music and Performance
    E25
    Words, Music and Performance
  • Future Media
    E26
    Future MediaLooking ahead to writing and creating new worlds for virtual reality stories. What possibilities of consciousness might that bring?
  • The Need For Progress
    E27
    The Need For ProgressDon’t get stuck in a rut. Alan talks about mixing up your writing, trying new things and dipping a toe in the avant-garde.
  • Forward Movements
    E28
    Forward MovementsA look at literary innovators like Sterne, Woolf and Proust and how what was once radical has become part of the writer’s everyday tool kit.
  • Approaches to the Future
    E29
    Approaches to the FutureTechniques you might want to try in your experimentation of progressive writing methods and interesting speculative fiction ideas.
  • Lost in the Funhouse
    E30
    Lost in the FunhouseA small warning about going too far and tips for creating progressive writing that is still entertaining and accessible.
  • The Evolution of Writing
    E31
    The Evolution of WritingHow far writing has come, where it could go next and how you, as a writer, are joining a transformative human tradition.
  • Permission to Write
    E32
    Permission to WriteEveryone can write; everyone should write. Alan shares a story about an atypical storyteller.
  • Extroduction
    E33
    ExtroductionA new word coined just to say goodbye, fare well and send you on your merry way to write a better world.

 

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