DRAMATICA:
A NEW THEORY OF STORY
Developed and Written by
Melanie Anne Phillips & Chris Huntley
SPECIAL ON-LINE EDITION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
In support of the on-line writing community, Screenplay Systems
Incorporated is providing this special on-line...
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DRAMATICA:
A NEW THEORY OF STORY
Developed and Written by
Melanie Anne Phillips & Chris Huntley
SPECIAL ON-LINE EDITION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
In support of the on-line writing community, Screenplay Systems
Incorporated is providing this special on-line edition of the 450 page book,
DRAMATICA: A NEW THEORY OF STORY.
How This Book Is Arranged
Part of what makes a story great is its underlying dramatic
structure and part is the manner in which that structure is
related to an audience, often called "storytelling".
Therefore, this book is divided into two principal
sections: The Elements of Structure and The Art of Storytelling.
In The Elements of Structure you will explore the essential
components that occur in all complete stories as they
appear in Character, Theme, Plot, and Genre.
In the Art of
Storytelling you will examine the Four Stages of
Communication that occur between an author and an audience:
Storyforming, Storyencoding, Storyweaving, and Reception.
By the time you have fini
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