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Category Archives: Genre
Your Genre – Act By Act
Many writers have a misconception that genre is something you “write in” – like a box. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Genre is the overall personality of a story, created through both structural elements and storytelling approaches. And, like … Continue reading
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Know Your Story Points: Overall Story Domain
Excerpted from our Dramatica Story Structuring Software: Every story is set against the issues which arise from a single problem. The problem itself will fall into one of four broad categories. If you want the problem to grow out of … Continue reading
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Avoid the Genre Trap!
A common misconception sees genre as a fixed list of dramatic requirements or a rigid structural template from which there can be no deviation. Writers laboring under these restrictions often find themselves boxed-in creatively. They become snared in the Genre … Continue reading
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Your Genre, Act By Act
Many writers have a misconception that genre is something you “write in” – like a box. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Genre is the overall mood of a story, created through structural and storytelling elements and approaches. This … Continue reading
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Genre – Act by Act
Many writers have a misconception that genre is something you “write in” – like a box. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Genre is the overall personality of a story, created through both structural elements and storytelling approaches. And, like … Continue reading
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Revealing Your Story’s Personality
By Melanie Anne Phillips Your story’s genre is its overall personality. As with the people that you meet, first impressions are very important. In act one, you introduce your story to your reader/audience. The selection of elements you choose to … Continue reading
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How to Avoid the “Genre Trap”
A common misconception sees genre as a fixed list of dramatic requirements or a rigid structural template from which there can be no deviation. Writers laboring under these restrictions often find themselves boxed-in creatively. They become snared in the Genre … Continue reading
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Your Unique Genre
Your Unique Genre (Steps 32-35) In these steps you’ll identify as many genres as you can that have elements you’d like to include in your novel. You’ll list these elements and then draw upon them to fashion a unique genre … Continue reading
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Avoiding the Genre Trap
Read it here for free or Get it on Kindle for $0.99 Introduction A common misconception sees genre as a fixed list of dramatic requirements or a rigid structural template from which there can be no deviation. Writers laboring under these restrictions often … Continue reading
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Graphic Novel Themes & Dramatica
A writer asks: Hello. I’ve been using Dramatica Pro for about a year now. I’m developing a script for a graphic novel. (It may in fact be a series of three) I used [Dramatica’s] query engine in the early stages … Continue reading
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