By Melanie Anne Phillips We all have certain fundamental broad-stroke mental traits such as Reason, Initiative, and Skepticism. As individuals, we use the full spectrum of these tools to try and solve our problems. But when we get together in groups, we quickly self-organize so that one person emerges as the Voice of Reason for […]
Stories have a mind of their own, as if they were a person in their own right in which the structure is the story’s psychology and the storytelling is its personality. Characters, in addition to acting as real people,, also represent facets of the overall Story mind, such as the Protagonist which stands for our […]
Some time ago, I wrote a short article describing the four P’s of character: Psychology, Personality, Persona and Perception. Psychology was described as the underlying structure and dynamics of a character’s given mind set. Personality were the interests and mannerisms of a character that define the specific areas to which its psychology is applied. Persona […]
When developing characters, consider the four “P”s – Psychology, Personality, Persona and Perception. Psychology is the underlying mentality of the individual. Personality is the individual’s manner and style. Persona is the impression the individual wants to create. Perception is how the individual is seen by others. All four of these attributes are present in every real […]
Remember blowing bubbles with that solution in the little bottles and the plastic wand? The craft of writing is a bit like blowing bubbles (life is like a box of chocolates!) This holds true not only for your dramatic approach, but also for the characters in your story as well. The study of real bubbles […]
Remember blowing bubbles with that solution in the little bottles and the plastic wand? The craft of writing is a bit like blowing bubbles (life is like a box of chocolates!) This holds true not only for your dramatic approach, but also for the characters in your story as well. The study of real bubbles […]
By Melanie Anne Phillips Remember blowing bubbles with that solution in the little bottles and the plastic wand? The craft of writing is a bit like blowing bubbles (life is like a box of chocolates!) This holds true not only for your dramatic approach, but also for the characters in your story as well. The […]
Remember blowing bubbles with that solution in the little bottles and the plastic wand? The craft of writing is a bit like blowing bubbles (life is like a box of chocolates!) This holds true not only for your dramatic approach, but also for the characters in your story as well. The study of real bubbles […]
Every story has a mind of its own with its own psychology and its own personality. A story’s psychology is determined by its structure, and its personality is developed through storytelling. All the characters within the story are like facets of the overall Story Mind. And so you see characters who represent Reason, Passion, Conscience, […]
What is Dramatica? Dramatica is a theory of how story structure works that was developed 25 years ago and is implemented in a line of software products to help writers structure their stories. What makes Dramatica different from other approaches to story structure? There is a central concept in Dramatica that is unique and sets […]
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