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the right ingredients for a story

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Continuing the discussion about the differences between Dramatica and other theories…

Chris forgot to put in his article this funny analogy:

Those other theories - the ones from McKee and Fields, et. al., are blended. They’re mixed up and ready to eat. And they go down smoothly. Change Success Good Do-er stories work - no question about that.

But it’s like giving you a bunch of baked good and then asking you to make a cake from them! You could, of course, just serve up the same thing that’s been handed to you - it works, but it’s a bit familiar. And bland. And you can’t write anything else with it.

As opposed to giving you all the ingredients for a cake, and allowing you, the author, to create just the right taste for your audience.

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