META STORY – Gaffney Inkwell

META STORY:

What Marvel & the Messiah Can Teach Us About Great Storytelling

This fun-to-read, insightful book will enlighten audiences hoping to expand their view of Story, as well as instruct those learning the art of scriptwriting. Designed for anyone of faith who likes movies, TV shows, or theatre, this book explores the hardwired universal patterns in Story and the effect those elements have on our souls.

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Illustration of seven characters representing the Hero's Journey

Rave Reviews

“Sean Gaffney definitively answers why some stories work and why so many others don’t! Before you waste years of your life sweating blood crafting your masterpiece, pick up Meta Story. It’s the Rosetta Stone of screenwriting.” –

Robert G. Lee, writer/director/producer

Meta Story is a gift to writers of every level. With wit, wisdom, and warmth, Gaffney explores the universal components of great storytelling, and makes the craft of screenwriting accessible and compelling. His linking of the power of storytelling in Scripture and in popular culture is illuminating and inspiring.

Sheryl J. Anderson, Show Runner “Sweet Magnolias”

Meta Story: What Marvel & the Messiah Can Teach Us about Great Storytelling says everything my heart has felt and defines why I have lived for the past decades in Hollywood. As a Christian and a film producer, I thank Sean Gaffney for expressing the importance of Art and Faith, Storytelling and God, and Artists as Prophets.

Karen Covell, Producer, Author,
and Hollywood Prayer Network Founder

I’ve consulted Sean on many of my scripts, because he can really see the “Code In The Matrix” — patterns in stories that resonate deeply with all of us. Sean is that rare unicorn that has decades of experience in both the Christian faith and screenwriting excellence. He may bring up the Apostle Paul, Mark Twain and Captain America in the same conversation.

Cory Edwards, Screenwriter /Director
(“Hoodwinked”, “The Wingfeather Saga”)

This book made me a student again. If I’d read this book when I was starting out as a screenwriter, it might have cut five years off my learning curve.

Christopher Riley, Author

…Sean lays it out so powerfully that I recommend this book to every artist and Christian I know.

Karen Covell, Producer, Author,
and Hollywood Prayer Network Founder

This isn’t a “how to,” it’s a “why to.” I will be using this book as a personal guide and pressing it into the hands of friends and students.

Sheryl J. Anderson, Show Runner & Writer

I’ve heard him speak on the DNA of story at so many events, but now you, lucky reader, get all of that knowledge in one book. Congratulations, your stories are about to get better.

Cory Edwards, Screenwriter /Director

A wise, playful, prodigious work that respects the nuance and complexity of story and story’s central role in human experience. How refreshing to read something new and important about storytelling, something about which I’ve been thinking deeply for decades.

Christopher Riley, Author “The Hollywood Standard”

DISCOVER META STORY

Adventure awaits within the pages of META STORY

Discover how God has hardwired us for story and character.
Play the five-sentence story game and change the way you view structure forever.
Connect Biblical principles to the art of movies, television, and theatre.
Enjoy modern media through a Christ-centric lens.

Smile along at the antics of Moses, David, Peter Parker, and Hamlet.
Explore the techniques in Jesus’ parables that make our stories stronger.
Delve into the interconnection of Character, Plot, Dialogue, and Theme.
Draw closer to God by understanding His stories.

Sean introduces us to META STORY!

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