How Story Works
How Story Works is a podcast for everyone who loves stories. If you’re a writer, understanding how story works will help you craft better stories. If you’re a lover of stories, the podcast will give you added insight into your favorite tales, and extend the toolset you use to better understand the stories you love. Join NYT bestselling author and story expert Lani Diane Rich as she demystifies stories and storytelling, allowing you to better write and appreciate the stories you love.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 93
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2024
Muses, Magic and Bond (Kim Sherwood Interview)
This month, Lani is thinking about magic and muses, and James Bond! In an interview with Kim Sherwood, the author selected by the Ian Fleming estate to update the James Bond franchise, Lani and Kim t…
Pulling Magic from the Air
It’s time to talk about magic, sleep and philosophy, and how all of that looks through a writer’s lens in the new episode of “How Story Works.”
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- Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic
- A Year of Writin…
The Half of It
In the first solo HSW episode in years, Lani Diane Rich talks about the past and the future and the wonderful Alice Wu movie, "The Half of It."
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Basic Structures & How to Use Them
This week, Lani and Kelly talk about basic three-act, seven-anchor-scene structure. It’s not the only structure that will work, but it’s the one that will help you understand how structure works. Boo…
Bonus: Percolated Media interview with Lani
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Narrative Units
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Structure in Theory
This week, Lani and Kelly talk about structure in narrative theory; why is it important, and how does it work?
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How Story Works: Audiobook Sample
How Story Works: An elegant guide to the craft of storytelling is available now! Here's a quick sample from the audiobook, and you can find all the versions here:
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Arrival
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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Godmothered
Today on How Story Works, the conversation is about the conflicts (and magic) in the 2020 Disney movie Godmothered.
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Knives Out
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Romantic Conflict
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Goals
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Internal and External Conflict
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Central Narrative Conflict
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Conflict 101
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