Setting is never just where the story happens. Great stories don't just pick a setting with no underlying purpose; they're designed with intention. When your story’s setting becomes a symbol, it slowly helps to reveal the theme. It can reflect both the character’s inner world and the transformation (or destruction) to come, or even the…
Welcome to the Story Design Series: The Elements That Give Stories Shape
If structure is the skeleton of a story, then Design is everything that gives it depth, texture, and voice. Design is where your creative choices come to life. These choices include: character, point of view, setting, plot, conflict, tone, dialogue, pacing, and theme... It’s where you decide not just what happens, but how and why…
Story Structure Studio: Device and Design... 