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Melanie Anne Phillips'
StoryWeaving Seminar
In Streaming Video Online
- All 14 Hours -
Just $49.95! |
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with links to all the topics listed below.
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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