I had a chance this weekend to make some improvements to the site. 99% of the people who read this probably won’t be as into them as much as I am (particularly the icons for the iPhone and Touch), but there is one improvement that I think everyone will appreciate.. at least those who use RSS readers.

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Time to tally up the results of a year’s long journey in examining the structure behind great stories. From a slow start in January through the explosion of the Spring and Summer and then on into the final waning months of the year, StoryFanatic gained great ground in 2007 and looks forward to doing even more in the coming year.

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StoryFanatic now has Tags! What the heck does that mean for the avid story structure reader? Click on to find out how weeks of mind-numbing re-categorizing on my part has led to an easier way for you to navigate through this site.

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In upgrading StoryFanatic to the latest build of WordPress (v. 2.3), a conscientious effort was made to apply quad theory to the organization of the site. Read on as I analyze my own website!

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This has little to nothing to do with story theory or structuring a screenplay, but it was too good a find to simply let slip by. Besides if you’re a fan of amazingly great writing then you’re familiar with Deadwood and will have no problem allowing me this quick yet fascinating digression.

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The storyform is the skeletal backbone of a story. Within this structure the dynamic and static appreciations of a story coalesce into a greater singular meaning. And while there are several great reports available to the Dramatica user, wouldn’t it be great if there was a more visual way of looking at this most essential part of a story?

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Frequent readers of this blog may notice a bit of a change. After days of constant going back and forth and countless pinging of Google, I think I’ve come up with a new perfect name for this blog. It’s a name that perfectly describes not only this blog, but also the person who writes it.

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Some readers aren’t aware that you can actually ask me questions if you feel so inclined. While I don’t profess to know everything about this theory, or screenwriting in general, I do feel like I have a unique voice on the matter and enjoy helping to make stories and, more specifically, screenplays, better. The following is an example of the kind of feedback you’ll expect when you click on “Contact” above…

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This blog is switching over to a new server today. There may be a slight interruption of storytelling services! As soon as you can read this post on the main domain then all updates will have been completed.

UPDATE If when you try to access the main site you get the command line: “when this page disappears the transfer will be complete” there is a fix I discovered…

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I’ve decided to bring an end to my Story Project idea. Why? Well, two reasons.

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