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9780240807362

Developing Story Ideas

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  • ISBN13:

    9780240807362

  • ISBN10:

    0240807367

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-10-21
  • Publisher: FOCAL PRESS

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Developing Story Ideas, guides aspiring writers to generate quality story ideas in a broad range of forms: a screenplay, short story, documentary, novel, or play. This book demystifies the artistic process and shows you how you can develop your own artistic identity. There are hundreds of writing books, but very few on how to come up with ideas in the first place-Developing Story Ideas makes it achievable with dozens of hands-on projects and exercises.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
Part I: OVERVIEW
1(20)
This Book, Its Goals, and Getting Started
3(12)
You and the Creative Process
15(6)
Part II: SELF-EXAMINATION, OBSERVATION, AND IMPROVISATION ASSIGNMENTS
21(30)
Artistic Identity
23(6)
Introductions and Playing Closat
29(10)
Autobiography and Influences
39(4)
Observing from Life
43(8)
Part III: USING THE TOOLS OF DRAMA
51(34)
Developing Your Characters and the Dramatist's Toolkit
53(8)
Analyzing a Scene
61(12)
Assessing a Complete Work
73(8)
Testing a Story Idea and Deciding Point of View
81(4)
Part IV: CREATIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
85(114)
A Tale from Childhood
87(14)
Family Story
101(12)
A Myth, Legend, or Folktale Retold
113(16)
Dream Story
129(12)
Adapting a Short Story
141(14)
Ten-Minute, News-Inspired Story
155(8)
A Documentary Subject
163(10)
Thirty-Minute Original Fiction
173(14)
Feature Film
187(12)
Part V: THE EMERGING WRITER
199(8)
Revisiting Your Artistic Identity
201(6)
Part VI: EXPANDING YOUR WORK INTO ITS FINAL FORM
207(28)
Story-Editing Your Outline
209(12)
Expanding Your Outline
221(14)
Index 235

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