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The Revium Report

Writing updates, curated content, and musings from C. K. Jensen and their Revium:) ckjensenauthor.substack.com

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Episode 092- Pixar Story Spine

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2024/07/12

One of the best ways to learn story structure is learning from the masters. In this episode, Rin and Zac talk about the Pixar Story Spine. If it's good enough for one of the most successful animation studios on the planet, it will be useful for you!If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a self-published author

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Episode 091- Save the Cat!

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2024/06/28

Okay, but don't you have a more detailed story structure? Zac and Rin discuss the Save the Cat framework, a popular film structure pioneered by Blake Snyder which has now been adapted to novels by Jessica Brody.If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the query trenches for

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Episode 090- Four Act Story Structure

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2024/06/21

What are you supposed to do about the dragging middle? You know the problem: you've introduced the conflict of the story and have no clue where to go next. Rin and Zac, building on last week's episode, discuss how the four act structure can help you navigate a messy middle. Reference links:Four act structure:Eastern four act structure Seven point structureIf you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media:

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Episode 089- Three Act Story Structure

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2024/06/14

This week, Zac and Rin discuss another of the most common story structures: the three act structure! Listen to this episode to find out how to turn this reading comprehension tool into the framework of your next project.If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the query

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Episode 088- Story Structure: Hero's Journey

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2024/06/08

The Hero's Journey is one of the most common story structures in epic fantasy and Hollywood, but what is it? What do you need to know to use it in your story? And how can it be flipped on its head? Rin and Zac discuss the answers to these questions and more on today's episode,If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen

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Episode 086- Story Structure: Introduction

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2024/05/31

In this first episode of a new miniseries, Zac and Rin talk about a high-level view of story-structure and list some of the common story structures that they are going to be unpacking throughout the next few weeks.STRUCTURE REFERENCE BOOKS WE MENTIONEDStory by Robert McKeeWriting Archetypal Character arcs- K. M. WeilandHero with a 1000 faces - Joseph CampbellHeroine with 1001 faces- Maria TatarRomancing the Beat - Gwen HayesVonnegut’s story shapesCreativity Inc- Ed CatmullSave the Cat! Blake

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19:31

Episode 086- Failing Forward with Bo Ellsworth

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2024/05/24

Bo Ellsworth joins the podcast to talk with Rin and Zac about failure, moving past it, and how to learn from it. They talk about some strategies you can adopt to boost the momentum of your own writing journey, so be sure to listen in.To find out more about Bo's books and writing, be sure to check out these links!If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts

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Episode 085- When the World Spoke: Religious fantasy...

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2024/05/18

In this second episode with Will Cornell, Zac and Rin turn to discussing how When the World Spoke reflects some of the principles discussed in last week's episode.Will's Tiktok and Instagram!If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the query trenches for their next book. Their

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Episode 84- Fantasy in Religion with William Cornell

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2024/05/10

Rin and Zac are joined by special guest Will Cornell! His debut novel When the World Spoke is coming out in November and heavily features religion, so we take the opportunity to ask him some questions about writing religion in fantasy! Will’s links!InstagramTiktokIf you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a

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Episode 083- Point of View

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2024/05/03

On this blast back to basics, Zac and Rin discuss different points of view, how to identify them, and their pros and consDo you have a favorite example of Point of View that we didn't talk about? Let us know in the comments!If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the query

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Episode 082- Book Club: Reading Life

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2024/04/26

It's time to have some fun! Rin and Zac chat about what has been going on in their reading lives.If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the query trenches for their next book. Their work focuses on fairy tale retellings and queer stories.They would talk about writing all day

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Episode 081- Writing Contest: from the Judge's...

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2024/04/19

Writing contests are a fun way to dip your feet into more professional writing, but what should you know going into it? Rin interviews Zac about what contests look like from the judges perspective and he gives some tips to consider.If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the

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Episode 080- Why you should track your writing

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2024/04/12

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Episode 079- Historical Consciousness with Paulee

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2024/04/05

"When we choose to have empathy, when we choose to reach out to understand in both our storytelling and our research, we are able to tell stories that matter. We are able to research those that have been lost to time. We are able to tie the human experience together in ways that propel us forward." Zac and Rin are joined in this very special guest episode by Paulee! Paulee is an archives specialist and historian who came on the show to talk to us about historical consciousness. Join us as we learn

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Episode 078- Writing for TTRPGs

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2024/03/30

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Episode 077- Worldbuilding Organization: Tools of the...

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2024/03/23

In the second half of their discussion on worldbuilding organization, Zac and Rin discuss some of their favorite tools to implement the organizational principles from last episode. Links to the tools we discussed:Scrivener: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overviewLaTex/Overleaf: overleaf.comObsidian: obsidian.mdIf you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! You can do none, one, a few, or all of these things, but no pressure any way you choose.First, leave a rating

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Episode 076- Worldbuilding Organization: Ontologies

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2024/03/15

Today, Zac and Rin start a two-part discussion on how to organize your worldbuilding notes. They talk about what knowledge engineering is and what it can teach writers about worldbuilding organization.If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! You can do none, one, a few, or all of these things, but no pressure any way you choose.First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some

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Episode 075- Character Agency

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2024/03/08

Why is character agency an important part of both your narrative and in building compelling characters? Zac and Rin discuss this idea and provide a spectrum of examples in this week's episode of Quid Prose Quo.Editor's note: The zoom meeting recording we used to create this podcast episode encountered many technical difficulties. We appreciate your patience and continued support :)If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! You can do none, one, a few, or all of these

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Episode 074- Book Club: Story Genius by Lisa Cron

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2024/01/26

In our newest episode of Book Club, we talk about Lisa Cron's Story Genius.If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! You can do none, one, a few, or all of these things, but no pressure any way you choose.'First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen is a biology lab analyst by day and a science fiction and fantasy author… also by day because they value good

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Episode 073- Writing Satisfying Endings

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2024/01/19

Have you ever gotten to the end of a story and wanted to throw the book across the room? Today, Rin leads a discussion on writing satisfying endings and what we can learn from the bad ones.If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! You can do none, one, a few, or all of these things, but no pressure any way you choose.First, leave a rating to help us grow!Second, follow us on social media: Instagram or Facebook!Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!C. K. Jensen

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