StoryWeaving Seminar in Streaming Video Online

StoryWeaving Seminar in Streaming Video Online

Melanie Anne Phillips'
StoryWeaving Seminar
In Streaming Video Online
- All 14 Hours - Just $49.95!

$49.95Format:
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Melanie Anne Phillips is the creator of StoryWeaver story development software, co-creator of Dramatica, owner of Storymind.com, and internationally known teacher of story structure and storytelling. Her two day writing seminar is legendary, and her story development techniques have been studied by creative people behind Nightmare on Elm Street, U-571, Northern Exposure, Payback, Along Came a Spider, Scream, A Dry White Season, The Blair Witch Project, Blade, The Fugitive, The China Syndrome and many more.

Now, for those who can't attend Melanie's Writing Seminar in person, the entire two day program has been recorded on video that you can view online and/or download every topic at your leisure!

The Program Includes all of the Following Topics:

Day 1 - Story Structure

Section 1 - Introduction & Overview

1 - Structure & Passion

2 - Passion Trumps Structure

3 - Structure as Carrier Wave

4 - The 4 Aspects of Structure

5 - The 4 Stages of Communication

6 - Story Depth & Breadth

7 - Structure vs. Storytelling

8 - Cyrano vs. Roxanne

9 - Scrooged

10 - Story Structure DNA

11 - The Story Mind

12 - A Tale is a Statement

13 - A Story is an Argument

14 - The Dramatica Model

15 - The Four Throughlines

16 - Structure & Art

17 - Intro to the Hero

18 - To Kill a Mocking bird

19 - Screenplay Structure

20 - Main Character & Protagonist

21 - Hero & Villain

Section 2 - Characters

1 - The Dramatic Triangle

2 - Alternative Dramatic Triangle

3 - The First 4 Key Archetypes

4 - Story Spirals

5 - The Second 4 Key Archetypes

6 - Uses of Archetypes

7 - The Narrator

8 - Character Dimensions

9 - Breaking Down Archetypes

10 - Dynamic Relationships

11 - Companion Relationships

12 - Dependent Relationships

13 - Resolve: Change or Steadfast

Section 3 - Story Dynamics

1 - Resolve: Change/Steadfast Cont'd

2 - Direction: Start or Stop

3 - Approach: Do-er or Be-er

4 - Mental Sex: Male or Female

5 - Driver: Action or Decision

6 - Limit: Time Lock or Option Lock

7 - Limit, Part 2

8 - Outcome and Judgment

9 - Theme is Perspective

10 - Internal vs. External Problems

11 - State vs. Process

Section 4 - Plot

1 - Point of View & Dramatica Classes

2 - The Dramatica Structure Chart

3 - Size of Mind, Size of Story

4 - Plot vs. StoryWeaving

5 - Plot Integration

6 - Static vs. Progressive Plot Points

7 - Goals

8 - Consequences

9 - Requirements & Forewarnings

10 - Pre-requisites & Pre-conditions

11 - Dividends & Costs

12 - Goals of "Obtaining"

13 - Other kinds of Goals

14 - Act Structure

15 - The 28 "Magic" Plot Scenes

Day 2 - Storytelling

Section 5 - Creativity Techniques

1 - Storytelling Overview

2 - Reasons to Write

3 - Creativity Technique, Part 1

4 - Creativity Technique, Part 2

5 - Creativity Technique, Summation

6 - Creative Time

7 - Creative Space

8 - Synthesis

Section 6 - Inspiration

1 - The "Nonsense" Technique

2 - Creating Characters

3 - Avoiding Stereotypes

4 - Character Relationships

5 - Choosing Your Main Character

6 - Choosing Your Obstacle Character

7 - Choosing Your Theme

8 - The 28 "Magic" Theme Scenes

Section 7 - Development

1 - Trilogies

2 - Genre

3 - About Development

4 - The Genre Chart

5 - Using The Genre Chart

6 - StoryWeaving

Section 8 - Exposition & Reception

1 - Goal Exposition

2 - General Exposition Techniques

3 - Sequencing

4 - Reception

5 - Theme & The Big Chill

6 - Generation Gap

7 - Newsworthy Events

8 - Reception of Genre

9 - Star Trek

10 - Subplots

11 - Propaganda

12 - Rosebud

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