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Deus ex Machiavelli

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Melanie Anne Phillips

“The End” justifies the scenes.

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Co-Creator of Dramatica’s Birthday Today!

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Today is the birthday of my friend, writing partner, and co-creator of Dramatica, Chris Huntley! (All bow down and hail his Chris-ness!) To celebrate, here’s a link to an animated gif image of him starring in a movie we made … Continue reading →

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Dim Bulb ~or~ The Foibles of an Eccentric Writer

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Melanie Anne Phillips

When I was first starting out in the film business, still at USC cinema as a matter of fact, I heard a story of a famous writer who loved to use just one make and model of typewriter – couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Concept for a Theme

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Life is filled with opportunities to begin a story.  Sometimes you encounter a bit of news, observe an interpersonal interaction, or simply see a post on Google+ or Facebook. Today, for example, I was writing a private message on Facebook … Continue reading →

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A Poem About Inventing, Teaching, Selling & Proselytizing Dramatica

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Melanie Anne Phillips

“Verbatim” by Melanie Anne Phillips Have you ever wished you had something to say to open the heart or capture the day. To dissect the mind or rally the cause, but your words come up empty, like stasis on pause. … Continue reading →

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A Poem Based on Dramatica

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Some time ago, I decided to write a poem based on sound Dramatica Theory concepts.  Specifically, I wanted to cover all four throughlines and have each follow a quad of plot points as an illustration of signpost/journey four act/three act structure … Continue reading →

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