Following the story circle, your story was engaging, heartfelt and most importantly, simple and effective. I was playing it out in my head, thoroughly visualized, totally invested. You've shown me how to practically and directly structure my own stories. I want to say good job and thank you.
"I don't expect to win the contest...BUT" That is exactly the right attitude to have! It doesn't matter if you have a 0.5% chance of winning, the attempt is everything. Trying is everything. Because way too many people are too afraid to fail, they don't even get to that stage. Keep going CC.
I'm glad the RU-vid algorithm showed me this video. It was very interesting to see you use Dan Harmon's circle (which I am still just learning about) for your story. And the story was good! Thanks for sharing.
This is exactly what I was looking for! I had a plot breakthrough with the story circle, but I couldn't figure out how to align it with the major beats of the hero's journey or see how it would lead to chapters and scenes. This deserves a lot more views! Even the silly-seeming story of Wooble turned out to be really deep and touching. Well done.
Great job! It might be interesting to go FURTHER with the ending. If a subplot is the friend falling in love with W’s gf that realization and final selflessness could be the catalyst for his coming to terms with moving on
To be honest, and for the production value of the video wasn´t expecting much. I was happily surprise to find out it has a very informative content and also entertaining story with Wooble. I am struggling a bit knowing how many pages or sequence should I think of in each of the sections so I don´t make it predictable by 15 pages in each point though. But I enjoyed your video. Thanks
Totally fair. I've been trying to up my production value over time, so my newer videos look a bit nicer. I'm glad you found it informative. Thank you so much!
@@CCWritesStories COngrats on the good content. Have a question though. I know you are a novelist right? I am screenwriter, or trying to be hehe but I´ve been wondering how many pages per section of the story circule aprox most there be? Any thoughts? I know is just a blue print and can fluctuate but aprox? any idea?
Hey CC! I've been writing with the Harmon method for a while now and really enjoy it but found it let me down on larger projects, leaving me without much direction and then ensuing writer's block. I've been revising the circle myself to work back in some classic hero's journey terminology as well as some from Save the Cat's take on the 3-Act Structure but this is amazing. I think I'll use it myself a little bit and see how it feels! Thanks for sharing :)
Wow. that's a really creative story! Kudos to you for creating it and sharing it! I've been racking my head to come up with a story for my first comicbook and I've been researching about different writing techniques when I came upon your video. Keep it up!
The roommate and the girlfriend have both been actively haunted by Wooble, which makes them more aware of his presence. As I go into more detail in the story, I make it clear that some people in the world can see him and others can't, but that was more of a background revelation and not of particular importance to the overall plot. I try not to get bogged down by detail in the early planning stages. Thanks for the comment!
After looking over some comments on the video, I decided to have a little more of an open ending where Wooble just texts goodbye to his roommate and his roommate rushes over to their apartment to be there for Wooble's girlfriend. A bit less cliche and it has a soft feel to it, letting the characters be sad because that's what they need in that moment.
"It's not so easy getting a job as a ghost in Portland Oregon" As opposed to anywhere else? Lol, jokes aside this story is amazing! I know this video is a year old now but I hope if your comic didn't do so well you still pursue it some other way. Maybe as a novel or short story. Or try publishing it as a graphic novel. Seriously it has potential. Best of luck.
