"Story" - Our Story Structure book from 1991

No, it's not Robert Mackee's book. This is before that. Back in 1990 we started a book on story structure later to become "Dramatica". In the early days we simply called it "Story". The following PDF file (40 meg) contains the first 20 pages from a draft we were working on in November of 1991.

Click to download the file:

http://storymind.com/dramatica/archive/pdf/10.pdf

My most expansive Dramatica development Doc from the 1990s

You can download the PDF at:

http://storymind.com/dramatica/archive/pdf/3.pdf

Two articles on "Justification"

Early articles describing the mechanisms by which we justify and rationalize.

Download in PDF format:

1 - Justification

2 - Justification

Dramatica Theory Development Notebook

Here's a link to the Dramatica Theory Development Notebook I kept in the 90s when we were moving beyond Dramatica to more advanced areas

My Dramatica Development Notebook

Origins of the Dramatica Theory

Many people have asked how we came up with the Dramatica Theory. Well, it didn't happen all at once. In fact, it was a three year full-time effort, 8 hours a day. And the theory we now have is quite different than the concepts with which we started.

In going through my archives, I just discovered four hours of recordings we made in 1991 to document our very first attempt at a "complete" theory - kind of a unified field theory of story. Here are all four hours of audio in mp3 formt, divided into 8 parts. Enjoy!

Origins of the Dramatica Theory - Part 1 of 8
Origins of the Dramatica Theory - Part 2 of 8
Origins of the Dramatica Theory - Part 3 of 8
Origins of the Dramatica Theory - Part 4 of 8

Origins of the Dramatica Theory - Part 5 of 8

Origins of the Dramatica Theory - Part 6 of 8
Origins of the Dramatica Theory - Part 7 of 8
Origins of the Dramatica Theory - Part 8 of 8

Download Lost Recording of Dramatica Theory Development

From October 30, 1991 - A lost audio recording of Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley discussing their work as they develop the origins of the Dramatica theory of story. Click to listen or download.

10-30-91 Dramatica Development Part 1

10-30-91 Dramatica Development Part 2

The Story Mind (free download ebook)

Here's the first 27 pages of a book in process that I'm writing about the Story Mind concept and how to apply it in your writing.

Just thought I'd share it since it may be years before I get around to finishing it:

Here's the download link:

The Story Mind - Download in PDF