Category Archives: Narrative Science

Narrative in the Real World – The North Korean Summit

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Trump and Kim Jong Un. Let’s consider the narrative behind the summit. In a movie, it is easy to see when a character does not ring true – when he or she acts in a way contrary to human psychology … Continue reading →

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Narrative and Politics: Pardon Me, Mr. Trump

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Rather than getting caught up in whether or not Trump has the power to pardon even himself, step back and see the larger narrative. In the past controversial pardons would sometimes inflame the public, and when newly minted President Ford … Continue reading →

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What’s In Your Story’s Mind?

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

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 troubled value standards. Plot describes the methods the Story … Continue reading →

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Why a “Story Mind?”

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

The Story Mind concept is a way of visualizing story structure that sees every story as having a mind of its own and the characters within it as facets of that overall mind.  So, one character represents the Intellect of the … Continue reading →

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The “Story Mind” Concept

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

  The Story Mind concept is a way of looking at a story as if all the characters were facets of a larger personality, the mind of the Story itself. To illustrate, imagine that you stepped back from your story … Continue reading →

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Narrative in the Real World: Anticipatory Targeting of Data Gathering Resources (Part 1)

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

From Melanie Anne Phillips, Owner of Storymind.com Here’s the beginning of an article I wrote back a few years ago when I was a consultant for the CIA and the NSA on narrative psychology and its application for counter-terrorism. I … Continue reading →

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The Story Mind (Part 10) – The Four Throughlines

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Excerpted from the Book “Dramatica Unplugged“ By Melanie Anne Phillips, Co-creator of Dramatica The structure of a story, then, is the psychology of a single mind made tangible. For the story to be sound and ring true, the psychology must be complete … Continue reading →

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The Story Mind (Part 6) – Audience Reach

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Excerpted from the Book “Dramatica Unplugged“ By Melanie Anne Phillips, Co-creator of Dramatica Who is your audience? And for that matter, does a single story structure affect all audience members equally? Let’s find out…. In Dramatica, there are some story points that … Continue reading →

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The Story Mind (Part 5) – The Grand Argument Story

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Excerpted from the Book “Dramatica Unplugged“ By Melanie Anne Phillips, Co-creator of Dramatica Over the years a number of my students have asked how the Dramatica chart can possibly describe the fullness of the human experience, especially since we, as a species, … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Story Mind

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Watch the entire 113 part  series free on our web site… Transcript of the soundtrack from this video: Dramatica Unplugged Class One: Introduction 1.1 Introducing the Story Mind Let’s look at the central concept in Dramatica: the Story Mind. It’s … Continue reading →

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