Last week we had a storytelling workshop that was a lot of fun! I think there had been a lot of worry that the session was a bit of a slog but honestly I found it really engaging and it taught me stuff about stories and characters that I didn’t really know all that much about.
I think the three act structure has always left me a bit confused and it really helped me understand how it works as a concept and how emotional beats lie along it. I’ve had a story planned for some personal work for a while now that I’ve been dithering on, deciding whether I could animate it or turn it into a comic, but I think more than anything I was worried about pacing and structure, and this session definitely helped me on that front. Not to mention it’s helped me understand how I want the main character to be perceived and how I can utilise archetypes to make them more interesting.
I wish I had more to show here but it was definitely more of a conceptual thing than a thing I took notes/sketches on! I’m looking forward to the next session on it in the second year and I’ll definitely come prepared with some story ideas for sure.