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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Male vs. Female Problem Solving
All too often in stories, relationships and interchanges between characters of different sexes come off stilted, unbelievable, or contrived. In fact, since the author is writing from the perspective of only one of the two sexes, characters of the opposite … Continue reading
Posted in Story Psychology
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Dramatica Definition: Pursuit
Pursuit • [Element] • dyn.pr. Avoidance<–>Pursuit • the drive to seek after • The character representing Pursuit is a real self-starter. The Pursuit characteristic leads a character to determine what he needs to achieve and then make a bee-line for … Continue reading
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“Physics” as the Obejctive Story Domain
An Objective Story Domain of Physics means the story’s troubles are caused by an activity gone wrong. This might be an activity engaged in by people or existing in nature. Either way, the “perpetuation” of this activity is what generates … Continue reading
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Stories with “Be-er” Main Characters
STORIES that have Approach of Be-er: A Doll’s House: As a child in her father’s home, and as a wife in her husband’s home, Nora does everything in her power to adapt herself to her environment-even to the detriment of … Continue reading
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Dramatica Class: Mental Sex
The following is a transcript from an online class in story structure presented by the co-creator of Dramatica, Melanie Anne Phillips signed on as Dramatica: Dramatica: Okay, we move on to Mental Sex… This question is not about the gender … Continue reading
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Character Arc 101
Does your Main Character Change or Remain Steadfast? A lot of writers think a character must Change in order to grow. This is simply not true. Characters can also grow in their Resolve. In that case, they Remain Steadfast as … Continue reading
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