In this episode, we address the paradox of showing genuine change in the third act: if true character is only revealed through action in conflict, then how do you demonstrate the completion of a character arc after the main conflict ends? Learn how to maintain a level of stakes through the entire narrative, shift the focus of the conflict in the last act, and intentionally deliver on a compelling character arc in your writing. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

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Lesson 27: Act 3 - Restoration

In this episode, the protagonist reaches the final, and perhaps most difficult, threshold in the journey: the return to the ordinary world. Learn how and why characters must come home at the end of their arcs, how to use this moment most effectively for your premise, and how this beat works in ongoing, serialized storytelling. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 26: Act 3 - Return

In this episode, we arrive in the final act of the story, and discuss how and why the resolution should not just be an afterthought to your climax. Learn how to create a resolution that serves your reader, concludes your story's plot lines satisfyingly, and fits the thematic premise of your narrative. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 25: Act 3 - Resolution

In this episode, Act 2 comes to an explosive end, as the effects of the crisis decision ripple out into a final confrontation between protagonist and antagonist. Learn how to use the climax's connection to the inciting incident to show character growth, deliver on reader expectations, and craft an exciting and emotionally compelling finale.   For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com   Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 24: Act 2 - Climax

In this episode, Trevor discusses what is perhaps the most important part of any story -- the final crisis before the act 2 climax. Learn how to bring your characters to their lowest point using their inherent flaws and set the stage for an emotionally satisfying and cathartic conclusion. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Episode 23: Act 2 - Crisis

 In this episode, Trevor talks about what to do when you hit the halfway point in your story: how to use this moment to increase the effect of your crisis and climax, improve pacing in the second act, and give your plot a greater sense of structure.   For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com   Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner 

Lesson 22: Act 2 - Midpoint Marvels

 In this episode, Trevor talks plot reversals and revelations, how to twist your story without losing your reader, and ways to effectively set up big story payoffs in your own writing.   For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com   Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner 

Lesson 21: Act 2 - Revelations and Reversals

In this episode, Trevor talks about how to develop your supporting cast, create compelling subplots, and find the organic structure of your narrative. Learn how to humanize the bit parts of your stories and why it's so important to treat characters like real people when writing. Homestead on the Corner will return on Wednesday, June 1st with more lesson episodes. In the meantime, check out our new fiction show at thesheridantapes.com For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 20: Act 2 - Subplots and Somebodies

In this episode, Trevor talks about the distinction between villains and antagonists, how to humanize them in the story, and ways to create memorable, necessary opponents for your protagonist. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 19: Act 2 - The Big Bad

In this episode, Trevor discussed how to use the tools of effective world building to create the extraordinary world of the second act. Learn how to utilize your story's premise to inform your design, raise the stakes, and create a memorable world your reader will want to return to again and again. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 18: Act 2 - Whole New World

In the first episode of our Act 2 series, Trevor talks about how to use allies and enemies in the extraordinary world to move your protagonist towards the change they need to undergo. Learn how to balance friends and foes in the world of adventure to create compelling threat, increase conflict, and show stakes for the story. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 17: Act 2 - Friends and Foes

In the final episode in our act 1 series, Trevor discusses the break into act two: how to send your characters into the unknown and prepare the reader for their journey of change. See how the classical act structure is based in the psychological realities of risk and adaptation, and how to make the first step in the journey compelling and believing. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 16: Act 1 - Liftoff

In this episode, Trevor discusses techniques and ideas for developing characters within the first act of your story. Learn how to create empathy for your protagonist, demonstrate the problems with their ordinary world, and introduce readers to fundamental flaws through character's reactions to the inciting incident. For more info about the show, check out homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 15: Act 1 - Countdown

 A quick teaser for our new weekly fiction podcast! The Sheridan Tapes begins April 24, 2020. In 2018, famed horror writer Anna Sheridan disappeared, leaving behind only a box of mysterious cassette tapes. Detective Sam Bailey is tasked with piecing together what happened to Anna Sheridan from the seemingly impossible encounters she recorded, but as the scattered pieces of the puzzle come together, Bailey discovers that the picture is even stranger – and more dangerous – than it seemed. Visit www.homesteadonthecorner.com for more info 

The Sheridan Tapes - Teaser

In this episode, Trevor talks Inciting Incidents: what they are, how they work, and ways to use them to generate strong narrative momentum. Learn how to put story in motion and pull in your audience with strong disruptions of the protagonist's world that force them to evolve and grow. For more info about the show, check out www.homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

Lesson 14: Act 1 - Ignition

Your home for high-concept audio dramas and practical fiction writing lessons, Homestead on the Corner is a bi-monthly anthology series dedicated to the craft of story. More info at www.homesteadonthecorner.com

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