The architecture of story : a technical guide for the dramatic writer /
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| Author / Creator: | Dunne, Will, author. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2016. ©2016 |
| Description: | xviii, 207 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10946138 |
Table of Contents:
- Genre
- Style
- Dramatic focus
- Rules of the game
- Framework
- Stage directions
- Other script elements
- Title
- Characters
- Offstage population
- Plot
- Character arcs
- Story arc and main event
- Subject and theme
- Dialogue
- Visual imagery
- Physical realm
- Emotional environment
- Social context
- Laws and customs
- Economics
- Power structure
- Spiritual realm
- Backstory
- Point of attack
- Inciting event and quest
- Central conflict
- What's at stake
- Strategies and tactics
- Pointers and plants
- Reversals
- Crisis decision
- Climax and resolution.