Penetrating Plot

Ricky Gervais’ “After Life” S1 : E3

Finding the extraordinary in scene setup, character development, and your narrative world

Florian Führen
Nov 5 · 17 min read

Welcome to Penetrating Plot, where I share my thoughts on great stories with you, so that you can improve upon your own plots. We’ll have a look at character motivation, scene structure, dialogue

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Florian Führen

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Story coach – copywriter – novel proofreader. Got my doctorate in Medieval Studies. Now I want to learn about that "present" everyone's talking about.

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