Tale Spinning

A Story-Structure Method

A Tale Spinning Course

The Kind Comedy Course

Engineer a complete Kind Comedy: a good-hearted underdog, a Story World that pressurizes them, and a mirrored, circular structure that earns Heaven on Earth. You finish with a full story outline, ready to write.

  • Two full film breakdowns: Ratatouille and In Bruges
  • 12 hands-on exercises that outline your own story as you read
  • 120+ pages of course content
  • Works for novels, screenplays, games, or any narrative medium

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What's inside — all 38 chapters

Protagonist

  1. 01 Getting Started
  2. 02 Worksheets
  3. 03 The Source of Your Story
  4. 04 Their Underdog Archetype
  5. 05 Their Ironic Talent
  6. 06 Their Bad Habit
  7. 07 The Three Traits of your Hero

World

  1. 08 A World in Three Parts
  2. 09 Heaven on Earth
  3. 10 The Home World
  4. 11 The Strange World
  5. 12 Putting Them Together

Trifecta

  1. 13 Three (not two) Main Characters
  2. 14 The Antagonist
  3. 15 The Muse
  4. 16 Putting it all Together

Structure

  1. 17 Building Blocks
  2. 18 Circle Worksheet
  3. 19 Transition Scene 1 - A Slice Of Heaven
  4. 20 Sequence A - Introductions
  5. 21 Transition Scene 2 - Fight!
  6. 22 Sequence B - Leaving Home
  7. 23 Transition Scene 3 - Fight Again!
  8. 24 Sequence C - What Is This Really All About
  9. 25 Transition Scene 4 - Making the Rules
  10. 26 Sequence D - The First Battle
  11. 27 The Midpoint - The False Victory
  12. 28 Sequence AA - The Second Half
  13. 29 Transition Scene 6 - Follow the King
  14. 30 Sequence BB - Everything Is Awesome
  15. 31 Transition Scene 7 - Easy Way Out
  16. 32 Sequence CC - Bad Things Happen
  17. 33 Transition Scene 8 - The 2nd Big Decision
  18. 34 Sequence DD - Battle at Heaven's Gates
  19. 35 Heaven on Earth

Outline

  1. 36 Assembling Your Beat Sheet
  2. 37 From Beat Sheet to Outline
  3. 38 Wrapping Up Your Kind Comedy Outline

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  • All 38 chapters across 5 parts, in the on-site reader
  • The Circle Worksheet (PDF download)
  • Your reading progress, on any device
  • Every future revision of the course

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