Introduction: The Reveal Dilemma | Tiffany Yates Martin

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Secrets, Twists, and Reveals

Understanding reveals

Introduction: The Reveal Dilemma (3:54)
What are reveals and what stories do they work in? (7:11)

How to build reveals

Techniques for creating effective reveals (8:36)

Knowing when and how much to reveal

Understanding timing (4:30)
Questions about timing reveals (3:22)

Why reveals fail--and how they succeed

Fail/fix: Too little info/too many questions (25:25)
Fail/fix: Too much info (9:08)
Fail/fix: Readers don't care about the character(s)/story (3:43)
Fail/fix: Stakes are unclear or too low (4:27)
More reveal tools (12:54)

Supplemental materials

Live Q&A (11:08)
Written Q&As
Reveals worksheet
Slide PDFs
Course transcript

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Introduction: The Reveal Dilemma

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