Oct 20 • Story Development→ Ideation
🔧 Quick Craft: 3 Development Lenses
There isn’t one “right” way to build your story—so use a few lenses:
1) Save the Cat (beats): external spine (catalyst → midpoint → finale) to pace momentum.
2) Story Circle (Dan Harmon): eight-step narrative structure that simplifies the Hero's Journey.
3) S.E.A Method — System • Effect • Atmosphere
- Systems: the rules/structures (legal, social, economic, magical) that apply pressure at concept, season, and episode levels.
- Affected (Effects): who/what changes after each choice—visible ripples across relationships, status, plot.
- Atmosphere: the sensory/mood layer (light, sound, texture, social tone) that pushes behavior in scenes and defines your show’s feel.
Want help applying S.E.A to your pages? Try the S.E.A GPT for fast prompts + checklists → use the S.E.A GPT.
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🔧 Quick Craft: 3 Development Lenses
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