Story Architecture Academy
The ways human cultures
have built stories.
Nine architecture types so far. The series are free.
The Academy is organized around the discovery: the story structures mapped so far fall into nine architecture types — and the mapping continues. Each series takes you deeper — from the architecture map itself, to the tools built for it, to the origin frameworks that prove it.
The Revelation & The Architecture Types
Eleven episodes. One per week. The map, so far, of how human cultures have built stories — from the discovery that all Western story structures share one architectural DNA, through each of the other architecture types mapped so far, to the master grid of the origin frameworks.
Watch Series 1 →The GriotsWell Platform & Tools
Five episodes. The bridge from architecture theory to structural craft. How to use the Idea Wizard and the Story Worlds to translate architectural logic into a working story blueprint.
Preview Series 1.5 →Story Frameworks: Origins
Thirty weeks. Twice per week. Documentation of the origin frameworks — the engineering logic and cultural origin of each one, from the Anansi Web Pattern to Kishōtenketsu to the Songline Mapping tradition.
Preview Series 2 →Members
Take part in the mapping.
The series stay free. Membership is where the work goes further — and how it is funded. The Academy is shared across GriotsWell, DarkerSpace and AfricanBookMarket: one place to learn, one community.
- Reading paths — guided routes through the traditions, the architectures and the books behind them
- Live sessions — working sessions on structure, and on new Story Worlds as they are mapped
- The community — writers, readers and researchers working across traditions
- Every Story World — and new ones first
- Member prices on the books, guides and lore books
Or create a free account — 16 Story Worlds open with it.
Watch on YouTube
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All Academy episodes are free on YouTube. Subscribe so you don't miss new episodes as Series 1 publishes weekly.
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