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perfect-day technique
Time Endpoint
time endpoint,
action stories
thrillers
caper s...
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suicide mission stories
intense narrative drive and great speed,
stories—The Hunt for Red October
STORY WORLD THROUGH STRUCTURE
create a visual seven steps.
the story world has texture but also changes along with the change in the hero.
This is how you create a total orchestration of story and world.
At the beginning of the story, you show a subworld that is a physical manifestation of the hero’s weakness or fear.
CREATING THE STORY WORLD—WRITING EXERCISE
Story World in One Line
Detail the visual subworlds that you will attach to the main structure steps in your story.
Weakness subworld:
Opponent subworld:
Battle subworld:
Symbol is a technique of the small.
Symbols are crucial to your success as a storyteller because they give you a hidden language that emotionally sways the audience.
A symbol is an image with special power that has value to the audience.
In fact, it is the most focused condenser-expander of any storytelling technique.
you start with a feeling and create a symbol that will cause that feeling in the audience. You then repeat th...
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A symbol creates a resonance, like ripples in a pond, every time it appears.
You create the symbol web
symbol expresses the fundamental story twists, the central theme, or the overall story structure and unifies them under one image.
raft.
symbolic outsider,
Symbol Line
Symbol Line
burning bush,
plague, and the tablet of the Ten ...
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Ghosts from the past, present, and future result in a man’s rebirth at Christmas.
paperweight,
news documentary, and the sled.
By connecting a specific, discrete symbol with an essential quality of the character, the audience gets an immediate understanding of one aspect of the character in a single blow.
As this symbol is repeated with slight variations, the character is defined more subtly, but the fundamental aspect and emotion of the character becomes solidified in their minds.
“How do I choose the right symbol to apply to a character?”
consider symbols for many, beginning with the hero and the main opponent.
Also think about applying two symbols to the same character.
categories
way of being
level of being.
God Symbolism
THE GODFATHER
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Animal Symbolism
Machine Symbolism
