دانلود کتاب The Architecture of Story: A Technical Guide for the Dramatic Writer

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Contents
About This Guide
The Plays and Playwrights
Technical Considerations
Genre: Type of Story
Style: How Characters and Events Are Depicted
Dramatic Focus: Main Character and Point of View
Rules of the Game: How Things Work in This Particular Story
Framework: Act and Scene Divisions, Including French Scenes
Stage Directions: Instructions for Staging the Play
Other Script Elements: What’s in the Script besides the Play
The Big Picture
Title: Meaning and Function of Title
Characters: Who Causes the Story to Happen
Offstage Population: Who Influences the Story from Offstage
Plot: Synopsis and Chain of Events
Character Arcs: Character Entrances, Exits, and Transitions
Story Arc and Main Event: Most Important Thing that Happens
Subject and Theme: What the Story Is About
Dialogue: Language Characteristics and Indigenous Terms
Visual Imagery: How Images Reveal Story
World of the Characters
Physical Realm: The Setting and What’s in It
Emotional Environment: General Mood or Atmosphere
Social Context: Key Circumstances, Values, and Beliefs
Laws and Customs: Social Rules that Affect Behavior
Economics: How Characters Are Influenced by Money or Lack of It
Power Structure: Who Is in Charge and Who Isn’t
Spiritual Realm: Presence or Absence of the Supernatural
Backstory: The Past that Affects the Present
Steps of the Journey
Point of Attack: How the Play Begins
Inciting Event and Quest: What Triggers the Protagonist’s Dramatic Journey
Central Conflict: Key Obstacles to the Protagonist’s Success
What’s at Stake: The Protagonist’s Reason to Act
Strategies and Tactics: How the Protagonist Tries to Complete the Quest
Pointers and Plants: Preparation Tools to Engage the Audience
Reversals: Turning Points in the Story
Crisis Decision: The Protagonist’s Most Difficult Decision
Climax and Resolution: Showdown and Final Destination
Acknowledgments