Know exactly what your story is arguing before you write a single scene.
Identify whether your Protagonist is a Hero or a Villain — and why it changes everything.
Understand what kind of Universe your story lives in, and what that demands from your outline.
A Story Without a Type Is a Story Without a Spine.
Every great story makes a quiet but decisive argument about the world. The Story Type is where that argument lives. Get it wrong and your outline will drift. Get it right and every scene has a reason to exist.
The Tale Spinning Method
Tale Spinning is a storytelling method that starts from meaning, not mechanics. Instead of filling in a beat sheet and hoping the theme shows up later, it starts from what your story is actually about — then builds a complete outline where every beat exists for a reason. The Story Type is the first step. Everything else follows from it.
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