Acquire the same techniques your instructor has used to help Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners tell the best stories they're capable of.

Writing Your Story is Easy ... After You Break It!

Why struggle to write when you can partner with a pro? Learn the same techniques your instructor has used to help Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners tell the best stories they're capable of.

  • Have you got an idea for a novel, screenplay, TV pilot, or stage play ... but you don't know where to begin?

  • Have you already started ... but now you find yourself stalled? Have you written yourself into a corner and now you're thinking of calling it quits?

  • Are you wondering how professional writers crank out project after quality project?

It's Time to Start Breaking Your Story!

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Here's What People Are Saying...

“Relentlessly insightful. Respectful and inspirational. Damon's fierce commitment to offering clear responses regarding what works and doesn't work in a story avoids cheap comparisons while always honoring the writer's intent. The guidance he's provided helped stories by great writers like National Book Award winner Denis Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winner M. Scott Momaday, off-Broadway history makers Jack Heifner, Bridgette Wimberly, and James McLure, playwright and TV writer Cassandra Medley, and many dozens more to flourish. ”

Mark Woods, Founder of New River Dramatists and the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival

“Damon is top notch and I am very thankful to be working with him. I couldn't have done this without him.”

Jade Falzon

“Damon’s approach to growing your story to maturity is unique and simple. He is very patient and professional and will put your journey on the right road. Set a date to start with him now!”

Bruno Chaperton

“I could never have written my novel without what Damon taught me. I had tried to write books by myself before but always ended up quitting halfway through. With Damon’s technique for developing and locking down structure, the writing became easy and fast. Learning what he taught me saved me years, I think, of false starts, ruined stories, and quite a few headaches! ”

Shahab Gharib

“I’d struggled to break my screenplay for years. Took classes at NYU, UCLA … read every book. Draft after draft. Year after year. Still, it just wasn’t working. Literally, in the first session with Damon, we got to the bottom of it, solved my (now obvious) problem and I was finally off to the races. Cannot recommend him or his writing courses enough. He’s got a gift! ”

Josh Casaubon, actor, Criminal Minds, The Good Shepherd, One Life to Live

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How Does the Break Your Story Online Writing Course Work?

Bring your idea for a novel, stage play, screenplay, or TV pilot. Classes are all on video, so you can learn at your own pace, at any time, from anywhere in the world.

    1. A Special Preview of the Break Your Story online writing course.

    2. Break Your Story! The On-line Self-Led Course for Writers

    3. Break Your Story - Course Introduction

    4. Break Your Story - Unit 1, Part 1 - An Introduction to Theme

    5. Break Your Story - Unit 1, Part 2 - How to Craft a Strong Theme

    6. Break Your Story - Unit 1 Assignment - Craft a Theme for Your Story

    7. Break Your Story - Unit 2 Introduction - Premise

    8. Break Your Story - Unit 2, Part 1 - Breaking Down Premise Examples

    9. Break Your Story - Unit 2, Part 2 - Premise Examples

    10. Break Your Story - Unit 2 Assignment - Craft a Premise for Your Story

    11. Break Your Story - Unit 3 Introduction - Protagonist/Antagonist Work

    12. Break Your Story - Unit 3 - The Basics of Character

    13. Break Your Story - Unit 3 - Drilling Deeper into Character: Six Questions

    14. Break Your Story - Unit 3 Assignment - Write Your Protagonist/Antagonist Worksheets

    15. Break Your Story - Unit 4 - An Introduction to Plot

    16. Break Your Story - Unit 4 - Starting Points and End Zones

    17. Break Your Story - Unit 4 - Calamities

    18. Break Your Story - Unit 4 Assignment - Expand Your One Sentence Story Outline to One Paragraph

    19. Break Your Story - Unit 5 Introduction - Deeper Protagonist / Antagonist Work

    20. Break Your Story - Unit 5 - Diving Deeper Into Your Characters' Physical (External) Lives

    21. Break Your Story - Unit 5 - Diving Deeper Into Your Characters' Psychological (Internal) Lives

    22. Break Your Story - Unit 5 Assignment - Complete Internal/External Protagonist and Antagonist Worksheets

    23. Unit 6 - Introduction - Expanding Your Outline From One Paragraph into Two or More Pages

    24. Unit 6 - Expanding Your First and Second Sentences Into Paragraphs

    25. Unit 6 - Continue Expanding Each Sentence of Your Outline into a Paragraph

    26. Unit 6 - Assignment - Expand Your Short Synopsis into a Multi-Paragraph, Multi-Page Outline

    27. BONUS UNIT - From the Mailbag, The Karate Kid

    28. Break Your Story Wrap-up
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Meet Your Mentor

Best-selling author, Damon DiMarco

Damon DiMarco

Damon DiMarco's books have won praise from The New York Times, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, NBC's The Today Show, Publisher's Weekly, and NPR/PBS. They've also been hailed by thought leaders such as William F. Buckley and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and politicians such as Gov. Tom Kean, Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, and George Pataki, formerly governor of The State of New York. From the entertainment community: Pulitzer Prize winners David Mamet and Stephen Adly Guirgis; Academy Award-winning actors Sam Rockwell, Olympia Dukakis, and Mary Steenburgen; Emmy Award-winners Patricia Heaton and Christine Lahti; SAG Award-winners Richard Schiff and Gretchen Mol.

A graduate of the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts MFA Professional Actors Training Program, Damon has worked in film, TV, and on stage as a member of Actor's Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. He's also taught acting at accredited universities including Drew University and the New York Film Academy while coaching professional actor peers and teaching acting techniques to businesspeople online.

Damon has been a guest on CNN, NPR/PBS, Premiere Radio Network, Odyssey Network, National Geographic Channel, and other media outlets. He's in-demand as a ghost writer of novels, non-fiction books, and screenplays for celebrities, thought leaders, and business moguls. At Drew University's Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Damon founded, created, and led the Writing for Public Intellectuals workshop which became a requirement for PhD students in the History & Culture Program

After years working in corporate America, Damon founded CreateX3.com, a consultancy that provides creative assistance to various sectors including fintechs, government agencies, think tanks, startups, academic institutions, and private individuals.

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But why stop there? Make sure you understand everything you were taught in the Break Your Story online course. Schedule some time to go over your story with Damon, one-on-one, over Zoom.

  • Damon DiMarco author, actor, playwright, screenwriter, historian, typewriter
  • Damon DiMarco author, actor, playwright, screenwriter, historian, typewriter
  • Damon DiMarco author, actor, playwright, screenwriter, historian, typewriter

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