{"title":"Jeff Lyons","description":"Jeff Lyons is a published author, screenwriter, and story consultant in the TV, film, and publishing industries. He is long-time creative writing instructor through Stanford University's School of Continuing Education and is a regular guest lecturer through the UCLA Extension Writers Program. His writings on the craft of storytelling can also be found in leading industry trade magazines such as Writer's Digest Magazine, Script Magazine, The Writer, and Writing Magazine (UK).","products":[{"product_id":"rapid-story-development-how-to-use-the-enneagram-story-connection-to-become-a-master-storyteller-paperback","title":"Rapid Story Development: How to Use the Enneagram-Story Connection to Become a Master Storyteller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a unique approach to storytelling, connecting the Enneagram system with classic story principles of character development, plot, and story structure to provide a seven-step methodology to achieve rapid story development. 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Readers will learn the fundamentals of the Enneagram system and how to utilize it to create multidimensional characters, master premise line development, maintain narrative drive, and create antagonists that are perfectly designed to challenge your protagonist in a way that goes beyond surface action to reveal the dramatic core of any story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyons explores the use of the Enneagram as a tool not only for character development, but for story development itself. 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