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- Welcome to the Storymind Writer's Library
- Identifying Your Main Character
- The Main Character Element of the Hero Stereotype
- Writing Stories About Hopes and Dreams
- How do you create a main character who is an antagonist?
- Psychology, Personality, Persona & Perception - The 4 P's Revisited
- Plot Order vs. Exposition Order
- The 8 Character Archetypes
- Atlas Shrugged - Why Did The Films Fail?
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Category Archives: Narrative Science
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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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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Storytelling and Cognitive Modeling
Recently, an associate suggested a tie-in between cognitive modeling of cultural storytelling preferences and Dramatica that might, someday, provide guidelines for “writing the next Star Wars.” This, for me, opened the whole discussion regarding the relationship between story structure and … Continue reading
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The DNA of Story Structure
Narrative structure has, at its core, a code not unlike that of DNA. We first documented a model of this DNA of story in our 1994 book, Dramatica: A New Theory of Story, concurrent with the release of our Dramatica … Continue reading
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Applying Dramatica to Real World Narratives
Analyzing and Predicting the Activities of Groups & Organizations By Melanie Anne Phillips Based on theories developed by Melanie Anne Phillips & Chris Huntley Introduction to Dramatica Theory and Applications The Dramatica Theory of Story is a model of the … Continue reading
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The Impact of Stories
Stories, especially those told in the media of film or television, can have a tremendous impact on an audience. Experiencing a story is similar in many ways to experiencing events in “real life”. Stories can make us laugh or cry, … Continue reading
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Introduction to Communication
The process of communication requires at least two parties: the originator and the recipient. In addition, for communication to take place, the originator must be aware of the information or feelings he wishes to transmit, and the recipient must be … Continue reading
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Narrative Analysis: Why Guam?
Guam has been referred to as America’s “permanent aircraft carrier.” It’s strategic importance as a bridge to Asia cannot be overstated. In 2016, it was revealed China has missiles targeted at Guam. China has been “unable” to pressure Kim Jong … Continue reading
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Characters: Lost In Their Own Spotlight
True of people; true of characters: When hit with great personal grief, how many of us stop to think about how all those around us are coping – especially those whose approach to life is to keep it all inside? … Continue reading
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Narrative Dynamics 4 – The Interface Conundrum
Unlike my usual articles, this piece is not intended to document an existing part of the Dramatica theory nor to reveal a part newly developed. Rather, I will be sharing my speculations on a life-long thought problem of mine and, … Continue reading
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