Category Archives: Story Structure

Secrets of Story Structure | Episode 2 – The Story Mind

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Click on the image below to hear episode 2 in this rare recording of a weekend seminar by Dramatica Theory of Story co-creators Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley in the mid-1990’s just after Dramatica was made public for the … Continue reading →

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Secrets of Story Structure | Episode 1 – Introduction to Structure

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Click on the image below to hear episode 1 in this rare recording of a weekend seminar by Dramatica Theory of Story co-creators Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley in the mid-1990’s just after Dramatica was made public for the … Continue reading →

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Finding Your Story’s Core

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

By Melanie Anne Phillips Every story has a core – that concept at the center that pulls all of the story elements into a cohesive whole, establishes meaning and message, and provides the story with an overall identity. There are … Continue reading →

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The Story Mind (Part 2) – A Tale is a Statement

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Excerpted from the Book “Dramatica Unplugged“ By Melanie Anne Phillips, Co-creator of Dramatica The Story Mind concept is interesting, but how would such a thing have come to be? After all, there was certainly never a convention where authors from all over … Continue reading →

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Origins of Story Structure

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Imagine the very first storytellers. Actually, what they told would certainly not be considered a story by today’s standards. Rather, they probably began with simple communications with but a single meaning at a time. Even animals recognize a cry of … Continue reading →

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Know Your Story Points: Overall Story Concern

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Excerpted from our Dramatica Story Structuring Software: Overall Story Concern:  the purposes or interests sought after by the characters overall. Within the scenario in which your story takes place, there is an area of shared importance to all the characters in … Continue reading →

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Know Your Story Points: Overall Story Domain

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Excerpted from our Dramatica Story Structuring Software: Overall Story Domain:  The scenario against which a story takes place. Every story is set against the issues which arise from a single problem.  The problem itself will fall into one of four … Continue reading →

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Dramatica Theory Overview (video)

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Melanie Anne Phillips

This is a video clip from the “classic” 1999 12 hour video program on narrative structure entitled, Dramatica Unplugged. In this segment, the key concepts and breadth and depth of the Dramatica Theory of Story are presented in concise form. … Continue reading →

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Know Your Story Points – Main Character “Growth”

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Over the course of your story, the Main Character will either grow out of something or grow into something. Authors show their audiences how to view this development of a Main Character by indicating the direction of Growth by the … Continue reading →

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The Most Important Article You’ll Ever Read On Story Structure

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Melanie Anne Phillips

We think in narrative, but think about topics. Narrative is the operating system of our own minds, and we seek to impose that upon every topic we encounter. For if we can, then we have the most touch-points with our … Continue reading →

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