Story Dynamics

IDEALS

Apply the Ideals of Story Dynamics, i.e., unity, symmetry, and dramatic fulfillment, to a successful dramatic story.

UNITY

A single launch, posing a single narrative question, serving as the axis about which the story turns--a story leading to a climax that answers the narrative question.

SYMMETRY

Dramatic potential matched to other dramatic potential, dramatic potential in one direction offsetting dramatic potential in the opposite direction. Or the "twisting" of the original universe 180 degrees, followed by a return to the original universe.

DRAMATIC FULFILLMENT

The release of all major dramatic and matched potential established in the set-up, launch, and story, an answering of the narrative question, and an accounting for all major remaining forces in the resolution.

Work the Story Dynamics exercises to develop and check your understanding.