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Tag: Austin Film Festival

Structuring a Story

November 23, 2015 A. B. Westrick 4 Comments

For months I’ve been trying to find the right opening for the novel I started in 2013, and I think…

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Filed under: arc, Austin Film Festival, back-story, backstory, beginnings, character, craft, hook, inciting incident, Kristin Swenson, manuscript, Michael Arndt, pace, pacing, plot, process, protagonist, revision, scenes, screenwriting, story, structure, Toy Story, writing

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@what_a_story @ABWestrick I LOVE this book!!! @RRMSLibrary recommended it to me several years ago and I reference it (and recommend it) every year when I teach Reconstruction. Such a great read!

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14 Jan

BROTHERHOOD illuminates the murky origins of immediate post-Civil War white supremacy movements. I read this book when it came out, & it remains a top historical fiction choice for kids about these events in our history. @ABWestrick ‘s story of 1867 echoes in our modern time. https://twitter.com/abwestrick/status/1348736294524956674

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