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Today’s Top Posts & Pages
- The False Narrative
- The Main Character Element of the Hero Stereotype
- The StoryWeaver Method
- Clear Your Mind Before Writing
- How do you create a main character who is an antagonist?
- Writing Stories About Hopes and Dreams
- Identifying Your Main Character
- Elements of Structure or Art of Storytelling?
- Should Your Main Character Be Linear or Holistic?
- List of Essential Story Points
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Author Archives: Melanie Anne Phillips
Clear Your Mind Before Writing
When beginning a new novel, writers are often faced with one of two initial problems that hinders them right from the get go. One – sometimes you have a story concept but can’t think of what to do with it. … Continue reading
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Narrative in the Real World
Why do I post all these articles and videos on Story Structure? Well, aside from it being my career for the past quarter of a century, narrative theory has shown me that people think in narratives, but we also manufacture … Continue reading
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Storyweaving is Assembling Ideas…
We all know that writing is not just about assembling words, but also about assembling ideas. When we actually sit down to write, we may have our ideas all worked out in advance or we may have no idea what … Continue reading
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Can There Be More Than One Protagonist In A Story?
A writer recently asked: I write Western genre screenplays. And I love to use Dramatica Pro. In Western Genre sometime I will run into more than one protagonist more than one antagonist . I name my antagonist in Dramatica Pro … Continue reading
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Stories on the Mind
As with people, your story’s mind has different aspects. These are represented in your Genre, Theme, Plot, and Characters. Genre is the overall personality of the Story Mind. Theme represents its conflicted value standards. Plot describes the methods the Story … Continue reading
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The StoryWeaver Method – Step 2
The StoryWeaver Method is a step by step approach to developing your novel or screenplay. StoryWeaver will help you create your story’s world, who’s in it, what happens to them, and what it all means. The StoryWeaver Method ~ Step … Continue reading
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