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PUBLISHED ESSAYS
The articles and essays linked on this page are here to help you structure and write successful stories. The first few essays listed immediately below were published as overviews of how successful stories are structured around a true and consistent moral premise. If you're unfamiliar with the moral premise concept or story structure in general these essays are a good place to start.
For the City of Angels 2006 Film Festival:
For MovieMaker Magazines's 2007 Guide to Making Movies:
For Various Writing E-Zines:
BLOG ESSAYS
There is more story writing help at THE MORAL PREMISE BLOG. Look under the sidebar head: "Movies & Topics." Some of the more generally relavent blog essays are listed immediately below, in no particular order.
A short discussion of why entertainment cannot be A review of the 3-Acts, 6-Turning Points, and Once you have a basic understanding of the moral premise, How can romance characters be the protagonist Connecting emotionally with your audience through A discussion of Nicomachean Ethics and how Aristotle's "mean virtue"
Why it's important to keep secrets.
How romance characters are each other's foil.
A helpful writing aid for keeping track of structure.
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