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Dramatica Theory Book
Dramatica:
A New Theory of Story
Special On-line
Edition
Written
by Melanie Anne Phillips
& Chris Huntley
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| Table
of Contents |
| How
this book is arranged |
| Chapter
1: Dramatica and the Creative Writer
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Section
1
The Elements of Structure |
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Characters
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Theme
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Plot
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Genre
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Section
2
The Art of Storytelling |
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Storyforming
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Storyencoding
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Storyweaving
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Story
Reception
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| The
Dramatica Theory was developed by Melanie Anne Phillips
and Chris Huntley and was not researched nor based upon
any other theories of story design or analysis. |
| COPYRIGHT
NOTICE: Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001 by Screenplay Systems Incorporated. ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system,
or translated into any human or computer language, in
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written permission of Screenplay Systems Incorporated,
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United States of America. Phone: (818) 843-6557. Internet
Electronic Mail Address: DRAMATICA@SCREENPLAY.COM |
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