Building a Better Story World

17/05/2021

Wanted to know how to write better for your ? Join your favorite producer this Friday on a brand new episode of as he helps guide you to crafting better conversations that are dramatic and expand your narrative universe! Until then, give the rest of the episodes a listen and consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or any other podcatcher!

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07/05/2021

My latest episode of Building a Better Story World is here! Listen in as I give you pragmatic advice on how to craft story details through indirect action via the mechanism known as Juxtaposition! That's pretty high-falutin, so I use the intense (and intensely interesting) opening of Children of Men to help!

https://babsw.buzzsprout.com/1041133/8467018-just-suppose-you-juxtapose

What happens when you put two things side-by-side? You get audiences to compare them! Juxtaposition is an easy, clever, and fan-friendly way to help build out your narrative universe. How? Let producer and writer Steele Tyler Filipek take you on a...

21/04/2021

Be sure to check out Building a Better Story World this Friday, as I help you craft better exposition for your story worlds with the help of a gruff, drunken private eye and a cartoon rabbit who has been framed for murder.

15/01/2021

https://babsw.buzzsprout.com/1041133/7125013-seeing-through-the-mists

Our latest episode is going to help you grow your narrative universe... by purposefully leaving some gaps in it! Confused and concerned? Don't be! Allow Steele Filipek to use a single moment from Star Wars to help illustrate about how low-key references do all the heavy lifting for you by encouraging audiences' imaginations.

How do you build a story world that feels real? That's just the thing; you don't build it, you let it grow! Join Steele Filipek, transmedia producer extraordinaire, as he details how to leave purposeful gaps in your world that will give your audie...

11/01/2021

Stay tuned this Friday as my latest episode of Building a Better Story World drops! In it, I'll be discussing how to organically build out your story world with perhaps the most effective world-building monologue in cinema history! What is it? You'll have to wait and listen in at babsw.buzzsprout.com or any fine podcatcher!

01/01/2021

Some people focus on magic, science, languages, or politics when building out the rules of their story universes, but there's so much more to the building blocks your world than that! Join Steele Filipek as he (with the aid of a younger Clark Kent) show how you can build out numerous elements that anchor narrative universes for fans and collaborators while also allowing them to expand!

05/12/2020

The latest episode of Building a Better Story World is out! It's the first of a two-part series that's designed to help you think around the structure of narrative universes with the help of six pan-cultural figures that speak to basic human desires.

http://babsw.buzzsprout.com/1041133/6461353-archetypes-of-all-types-part-1

Worried about how your story world may connect with audiences? Consider how classic storytelling figures can help create a bridge between you and fans by showcasing traditional structures that excite all sorts of people. Listen in to the first ent...

02/12/2020

Tune in this Friday for the latest episode of Building a Better Story World, in which I detail six archetypes that could potentially help you structure your story in epic fashion!
..And if you haven't listened yet, give our first ep a listen and see if I can help you create better story worlds for your characters!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1041133/4770224-the-basics-of-storytelling-in-a-story-world.mp3?blob_id=18942314&download=true

16/11/2020

This week's episode of Building a Better Story World is all about crafting the fun of your narrative universe, with a little help from Shawn, Gus, and the officers of the Santa Barbara Police Department! Stay tuned!

06/11/2020

Some people are sad, some people are angry, and some people are happy.

But EVERYBODY needs a little bit of story world building in their lives!

Why not give our latest episode a listen! In it, we detail the differences between your story world and the real one! We use Marvel and DC Comics, Friends and Living Single, Freakonomics and Planet Money to show how even small divergences can create lush, unique, and yet universal story worlds.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1041133/episodes/5885998-the-lies-that-separate-our-worlds

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06/10/2020

No Time to Die has been delayed again.

Coincidentally, our latest episode of Building a Better Story World--out this Friday--talks about James Bond and how you can use that franchise as a guide to creating satisfying resolutions for your narrative universe!

11/09/2020

http://babsw.buzzsprout.com/1041133/4704401-obstacles-challenges-villains-and-more

Our latest episode is out! In it, Steele details how you can make better obstacles and antagonists for your narrative universe, using Indiana Jones as a guide! Grab your fedoras and bullwhips; it's going to be a wild ride!

Good obstacles make for good stories! That's why this episode is going to delve into what makes a good antagonist, how they can be themed to dramatic struggles in your work, and the basic challenges that characters face in their journeys! Join Ste...

28/08/2020

Our latest episode is up! In it, Steele details how to make more compelling story worlds by tying your characters' desires to fundamental human aspirations. That's very heady, so at least check it out for all the S*x and the City clips.

http://babsw.buzzsprout.com/1041133/4700675-needs-goals-and-desires

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This episode of Building a Better Story World is all about needs: the needs of your characters, and how those tie into your broader story world. Listen in as Steele Tyler Filipek uses a quartet of popular sit-com characters to showcase how basic h...

24/08/2020

Look for a new episode of Building a Better Story World this Friday, in which Steele is aided by four cohosts--Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte--who will help me detail how to craft better story universes by understanding the goals of your main characters.

14/08/2020

Check out our latest episode, in which discusses how to make better protagonists for our story world with the help of everybody's favorite teenage wizard!

http://babsw.buzzsprout.com/1041133/4704176-protagonists-heroic-and-otherwise

A popular teenage wizard is the guiding case study this week as writer, producer, and professor Steele Tyler Filipek begins a five-part series on each element of classical structure. Join in to learn how to create a compelling main character that ...

12/08/2020

We've hit 1000 listens in just under 10 days! Thank you all so much for giving us a chance! Make sure to check out Episode 2 this Friday!

10/08/2020

Tune in this Friday for another episode of Building a Better Story World, in which transmedia guru Steele Filipek helps you create better protagonists for your narrative universes using a particularly popular boy wizard as a case study...

What's that? You haven't subscribed yet? Well why not give it a shot! You can find the show on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and most fine podcatchers!

31/07/2020

And now on Pocket Casts!

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Join veteran multimedia producer/designer Steele Tyler Filipek as he helps veteran creators, newbies, and outsiders learn the process of story world creation. Using the same tools he has used for such clients as Microsoft, Sony Pictures, the Walt Disney Company, and Nickelodeon, your dear ol' profes...

31/07/2020

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Listen to Building a Better Story World on Spotify. Join veteran multimedia producer/designer Steele Tyler Filipek as he helps veteran creators, newbies, and outsiders learn the process of story world creation. Using the same tools he has used for such clients as Microsoft, Sony Pictures, the Walt D...

31/07/2020

We're (soft) launched!

We'll be up on more podcatchers soon, but you can find us on spotify here (https://open.spotify.com/show/4llbBXfpttq1A7hwOVHC9R), via Buzzsprout (http://babsw.buzzsprout.com/1041133/4770224-the-basics-of-storytelling-in-a-story-world) and a direct download link here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1041133/4770224-the-basics-of-storytelling-in-a-story-world.mp3?blob_id=18942314&download=true

29/07/2020

29/07/2020

Hey everybody!

Get ready for this Friday when this podcast soft launches!

Ever wanted to build a big story world? Steele Filipek is here to help! Using the same tools he has used for clients such as Microsoft, Nickelodeon, Coca-Cola, Sony Pictures, Ubisoft, and the Walt Disney Company, Steele will lead you through a step-by-step guide to understanding and crafting better universes for your narratives! Follow along with the prompts, work through the case studies, or just listen in as we work through the methodologies of pop-culture story design!

If you download and follow Building a Better Story World within the first 72 hours of launch, you'll receive free notes on your work from the show's producer, Steele! Just contact him in that time via this page or Twitter to hammer out the details!

30/04/2020