Jim Hull's Story Fanatic

This is Story Fanatic, a collection of articles covering story structure and analysis for
creative writers. Published weekly.

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Dramatica

Dramatica is the story theory to beat all other story theories. Based on the simple idea that every complete story is really an analogy to a single human mind trying to solve a problem, this revolutionary understanding explains what makes great stories so compelling. To learn more about this theory in detail, be sure to visit the Dramatica website.

About This Site

Story Fanatic is a website dedicated to investigating the wonderful world of story. From story structure to theory, analysis to writing, the articles on this site are an effort by Jim Hull to explore why some stories work better than others. Since 2005, 313 articles have been written. Read more »

About the Author

You know who really likes a great story? Jim Hull does. And that's precisely why he spent a huge amount of his free time constructing this site dedicated to all things story. Read more ⇒

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Not sure where to start? You could check out the different topics covered here. Or, if you're really crazy about story, you might have more fun searching the hundreds of articles by concept.