Stealing Fire from the Gods : The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers

by Bonnet, James

• ISBN13: 9781932907117
• ISBN10: 1932907114
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Unlocking the secrets of story reveals the secrets of the mind and awakens the power of story within you. Work with that power and you can steal fire from the gods. Master that power and you can create stories that will live forever.

Author Biography

James Bonnet, the Los Angeles-based founder of storymaking.com, is an internationally known writer, teacher, and story consultant

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

PART ONE: THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF STORY

1. The Story of the Two Potatoes

2. How This Knowledge Was Developed

3. Why the Old Great Stories Were Created

4. How the Old Great Stories Were Created

5. Why the Old Great Story Takes the Form That It Does

6. How the Great Story Does Its Work

7. How This Natural Storymaking Process Was Cut Off

PART TWO: THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF GREAT STORIES

8. The Metaphors

9. The Archetypes

PART THREE: THE NEW STORY MODEL

10. The Storywheel

11. The Golden Paradigm

12. Inner Conflict

13. The Ego/Hero Archetype

14. The Marvelous and Terrible Elements

15. The Archetypes of the Creative Unconscious Self

16. Some Special Qualities of Metaphor

17. Group Phenomena and the Entity Being Transformed

18. The Dynamic Cycle

19. The Hero's and the Antihero's Journey

20. The Story Focus

21. The Sugar Coat

22. The Storywheel Revisited

PART FOUR: THE ART OF STORYMAKING

23. The Creative Process and the New Artist-Storymaker

24. Imitations of Real Life

25. Source of Material

26. Six Creative Techniques

27. Creating the Whole Story Passage

28. Creating the Story Focus

29. Story Alchemy

30. Creating the Sugar Coat

31. Perseverance

32. The Second Potato

Epilogue

Bibliography

Glossary

Index