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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!

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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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