The 30 minute story system is A repeatable, walk through process for creators who want to make short form stories which stop the scroll, move people, and grow an audience—one story at a time.
Maybe this is you...
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You want to create story based tiktok videos, but you Don't know where to start
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you overthink every line
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you know you're creative but you can't turn your ideas into something structured and smart
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you've taken storytelling advice before but it's all theory
You don't need inspiration, you need a repeatable process that takes out the guess work
THE promise
In this system, You’ll learn to:
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Start from zero and find your short form story fast
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Build emotional momentum with simple story beats
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Deliver a satisfying payoff that actually lands
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Post consistently without burning out
INside the system
Theory
Understand the emotional and structural engines behind stories that move people.
Module 1: Define Your Creative DNA
Build your story voice so the algorithm becomes irrelevant, people search you out.
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Identify your personal themes, tones, and obsessions
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Create your “North Star” statement:
“I make stories that [spark this emotion], about [this theme], in a tone that feels [like this].”
Module 2: The 6 Building Blocks
Learn the anatomy of a short-form story that grabs an audience and makes it impossible for them to stop watching.
Here are the building blocks:
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Soundtrack
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Hyperreality
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Character
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Concept
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Jaw dropping twist
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Ending that makes you drop your coffee
We use a range of case studies to illustrate the points, mainly world changing TV shows.
Module 2: Twist Mechanics
Create moments that flip the trajectory and hit you like a train.
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Here are the four twist types:
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Recontextualise
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Genre Flip
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Hidden Life
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Contradiction Reveal
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Why short-form lives or dies by the shift
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How to write twists that are felt—not just clever
Practical
Write your first 2-part story in 30 minutes—step by step.
Module 4: Find Your Anchor Moment (5 mins)
Start with the moment you can feel—then build everything around it.
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Use the “Million Pound Track” method
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Anchor with image, line, or tension
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Discover what’s gone wrong, and who it’s gone wrong for
Module 5: Map the Story Beats (10 mins)
Plug your idea into the 5-part short-form story map:
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Hyperreality
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Character
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Setup
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Twist
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Climax
Module 6: Sketch out the two parts using the no writing approach (15 mins)
Sketch, improvise and repeat and repeat around this structure:
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Part 1: Setup + Tension + Twist
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Part 2: Resolution + Emotional payoff + Twist
ABOUT ME
My name is David and I’m a writer and creator. Over the past decade, I've worked with some of the leading production companies in the UK, including Tiger Aspect, BBC Studios, Fulwell73, and Lionsgate, and I've written some of the best unproduced scripts you'll never see.
I now create short form stories on TikTok, and I teach people to do the same.
David
So let's build something brilliant...
If you're still scrolling then you are reading to learn the 30 Minute Story System, and write your first masterpiece.
Here's what you'll get
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Full course + bonus tools
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Lifetime access
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Write your first two-part story in one sitting
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7-day risk-free refund if it doesn’t transform how you create
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A repeatable system you’ll use every time you sit down to write
And here's what you'll become
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A creator who executes, not waits
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A storyteller who makes people feel
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Consistent, confident, creatively dangerous
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Recognised for stories that stand out
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Someone with a system
It’s time to stop guessing.