These are additional resources for "Story Structure & the Business of Fiction."
If you've taken the class and have follow-up questions, feel free to drop me a line and I'll help get you pointed in the right direction.
Story Structure
Dan Wells 7 Point Story Structure
Powerpoint of the presentation content, shared from Wells’s website
Blog posts on the framework – Writing A Short Story
WordHunter's overview of variations on the 7-Point Structure
Star Wars examples from the class. (Click to Enlarge.)
The 3-Act Structure
A good overview
Film Crit Hulk's rant about it
The Four Act / Two-Body Mystery Structure
John P. Murphy has an excellent overview on his site
The Hero's Journey & variations
The best resource is Joseph Campbell's book The Hero With a Thousand Faces. It introduced the concept of the hero's journey and essentially started the field of comparative mythology. If the book is too academic for you (and it is for a lot of people!) then start with any of the many documentaries on Netfilx or YouTube
The Virgin's Promise by Kim Hudson. A variation that emphasizes the feminine archetype, with a focus on creative, sexual, or emotional awakenings.
The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler. A variation that emphasizes using the Hero's Journey as a writing tool, rather than an analytical one.
Dan Harmon's Story Circle
The best resource is Harmon's own tutorial series at Channel 101
The Story Grid -- Lots of info on Genre
The entirety of Shawn Coyne's Story Grid system is available online at StoryGrid.com
If you prefer audio, check out The Story Grid podcast
These links really only scratch the surface. There are literally thousands of books, podcasts, and courses that go over these same concepts in one way or another. (Here's my list of favorite story related podcasts.)
Marshall Ryan Maresca's 12-Part Outline
Maresca writes multiple, intertwined series all based in the same city. He pulls this off with some serious outlining and organizational chops, as evidenced in this article on his 12-Part Outlines for novels and this one on his planning for the different series and world.
Further Reading
I get a lot of questions about what books on craft I recommend. I'd like to do something in depth on this topic at some point, but for now here’s a list of books that inspired/helped me.
Business of Fiction
Market Listings
Critique Groups
Critters Offers a number of critique groups, but leans heavily to speculative fiction.
Critique Circle Offers a number of genres.
Iowas Writers Workshop MOOC A free, online course from the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop. Leans heavily to literary fiction. Offers a few different focuses and classes over the course of a year.