3/28/2023 0 Comments Storymill 4.0![]() Contour, the proven story development system developed by Emmy Award-nominated Jeffrey Alan Schechter, is designed to take your idea and turn it into a solid outline – the same kind of character-based structure used by many of the biggest blockbuster movies. It starts out by asking these 4 questions: Who is the main character? What is the main character trying to accomplish? Who is trying to stop the main character? What happens if the main character fails? From there it goes on to ask questions throughout the structure of a typical story that, if an author answers the questions, will give him or her a logical progression of the story. This was designed for screenwriters, but I have found it to be extremely helpful for novel writing. Here are some other products that I use which you should find helpful: ![]() It is, as I said, still in beta testing, but should be out soon. Persona is a combination of a character data base and a collection of archetypical types and their motivations and typical actions. This is the best answer I have seen for an old warhorse of a writers aid called “Dramatica,” which is based on a complex, almost incomprehensible writing theory. See the relationships between archetypes, for example, if your hero is corrupted and becomes a villain. ![]()
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