Or I should say, read or watch one story multiple times before setting to the task of breaking down.

This is the only way to learn story structure.

At first it might not be so obvious (it did take me three times of watching American Beauty to finally break it down). So read or watch it again. And again. And again. Set aside plenty of time to do it.

“But I don’t have the time!” I hear you cry.

Neither do I. Neither do any of us. We’re all living life that just keeps happening, no matter what we d...