The artistic story art of story arting?

 This post is going to have Irony at its core as I use to run campaigns for tabletop RPGs like dnd & fate. Though I was pretty good at them as most of them were homebrew stories I came up with, and I made massive worlds where players and friends alike would seem to not only enjoy themselves immersively but completely be hooked and addicted.


    Even while on the property during the pandemic, I found a way to kickstart an old pokemon campaign I homebrewed via an MRPG chat app. Huge adjustment but still overall a great experience. Deep down kept me awake to ensure our fire stove was burning hot and keeping the family warm. Now the Ironic Part. My storyboards, though a good practice and exercise to enhance my skills. Still didn’t bring an interesting story to the table. to figure out where my creative writing had gone as it just flowed naturally even with the curve balls the groups would throw my way. Then it finally hit me. I have always roleplayed from the hip and always used improvisation and intuition. This felt linear, flat, and mechanical to me. Almost like using a different side of the brain I was now overthinking and overanalyzing every aspect of a story. Leading me down the path of some side course in storytelling.


    Introducing Storybeats and every other fundamental that could have enhanced my campaign experiences. This shout-out belongs to Shane Snow, who not only offers a LinkedIn certificate by completing his storytelling course but a One hour's worth of continuing education units. In this course along with a few other youtube mentions, he covers the elements of a story he categorized as relatability, novelty, tension, and storytelling to build relationships, present your ideas, and in your business goals. My favorite thing he covered was story frameworks. Different methods like Dan Harmon's Story Circle, for example, have lifted my eyes once again, just how similar all the strokes are and can be broken into a simple frame to work off of. The hero’s journey clicked in my head being taught back in English class in my youth, which I now believe to be the subconscious framework I must have used during my “shoot from the hip moments” in my tabletop campaigns. The Ben Franklin method had me more curious about the mechanical and vocabulary and vocabulary uses of writing but in the end reminded myself I am here to understand the mechanics of the story, not the twisting of how it is said, but now I will show it through filmographic language and art.

   

    Honestly, the last month has been crazy as we (the fam) changed our nomadic destination back to Utah with my wife finding new work. Storytelling and relearning the art of it was a great audible way to learn as our drives got longer. Hoping to go south before winter hits as she settles into this new remote position. Hoping to squeeze what time I can into practicing my artistic talent with the short pause in adventure.


    Out of this time of the study, I did get rough up three story ideas and may do 100-panel storyboards to use as a portfolio piece. Here’s a rough idea of them.


-Druid’s Betrayal (Trilogy)

-Pixi (MA- Comedy, Animation.)

-Ant Stoner


Like I said, just a rough idea if I pursue that route as a full-time career.


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