The STORY SPIRAL Begins!

A Class Clown's Guide to Storytelling in Eight Equal Parts

Behold! The STORY SPIRAL

Finally, I can stop holding my breath and start the dry heaving.

Today I launch the much anticipated (largely in my imagination) YouTube series on my eight part story structure, The Story Spiral. A mini-course with lots of examples and a distinct set of color coding.

My hope is to give a boost to new writers, especially those who struggle with planning. And for non-writers, I’d love to share it as a means to analyze the stories they love. And for anyone else, again… pretty colors.

The more academic crowd might be the only ones to notice otherwise, so instead I’d like to level the playing field for you now: this program is a remix, not an outright new set of concepts. I am combining some very familiar influences from far more established sources.

That said, I’ve put a lot of effort into putting an indelibly DAVE stamp on things by: rearranging portions, adding my own perspective, examples and tips, and what I’ll generously call mid-level humor. Not to mention some handcrafted (read: basic) illustrations and animations, all built from A.I.-free scratch.

Today, I am kicking off with an introduction. Next week, specifically on Wednesday the 25th, I will begin weekly video posts through the middle of May. Ten total videos, including eight “main” videos, as well as an intro and a close.

A few shorter clips from the main videos will be landing on Instagram and the like as well. If you or a writer in your life could benefit from this material, please share! I’ve put a ton of effort into this but the goal is to pay it forward first and get more eyes on my upcoming work second. Even John Cena isn’t this transparent!

Thanks for taking a moment, now jump on in already!

Decipher Yourself Hits YouTube!

The online version of my book, Unclassified! Now distilled into bite sized-chunks you can watch instead of just reading in print like a prehistoric nerd.

Feeling less than special? Has no particularly specialty yet revealed itself to you as the One Big Thing(TM) for which you will be known, adored and/or sued?

This series is for you. Us. Everyone with the ability to click links. Let's be a unique patchwork of pieces. Don't be a signature dish. Be the Buffet!

UNCLASSIFIED: Nothing Special? No Problem!

Introduction

Part 1: A Very Special Episode

1.1 “Birth Marked” (or “Somehow I’ve Always Known”)

1.2 “What Else Are You?” (or “An Arrow to the Knee”)

1.3 “Heir Conditioning” (or “The Born Legacy”)

1.4 “Wait of the World” (or “Tied to the Track”)

1.5 "The Bored Walk" (or "An Immovable Abject")

1.6 “And What Do You Do?” (or “Houdini’s Accordion”)

1.7 “Here for the Wrong Reasons” (or “No Mull-Agains”)

1.8 “Paying Your Don’ts” (or “The Mean Time”)

1.9 “Reconnecting the Dots” (or “R-E-S-P-E-C”)

An Exceedingly Portentous Nascency

"Let's set some shit off." --Socrates

Well, I just got the keys to this thing and am already hard at work breaking it. I invite you to check back frequently. Especially if I manage to slap some ads on this thing.

This is my second act, blog-wise. While I still want to hew close to the philosophical themes I always carefully manicured into the Posts of Christmas Past, I'm leaning more towards the inaccessibly wacky "humor" you all have come to expect and rightly avoid in the past.

If you find something to enjoy here, do me a favor and be sure to thank me. Vigorously. Speaking of...

"You Are So Very Welcome"

That's the only appropriate response to the phrase "Thank you so much!" And don't we all sound like dainty gentlemen and gentleladies when we speak that way!

Of course we goddamn do.

Welcome to the new site, all three of you. More to come soon. So Very Much More. Be sure to thank me properly. Fancily. You're so very welcome!