WHAT IS STORY CORE?
As Artists and Storytellers we get to Dream, to Co-Create
as "little gods," to form worlds out of nothing that we speak and write and paint and breathe into existence, a gift given to us by God. This is an awesome and weighty responsibility. How can we as mere mortals, humans made from dust, be all-knowing to create such fables, myths, and fantasies?
THE MAP
Every commitment to complete an Adventure or Artistic Expression of any form, needs a Guide, a Plan, a MAP. The question is: do you have a MAP for your Story Universe -- and is it leading you in the right direction?
YOUR
STORY CORE
UNIVERSE
As a Screenwriter, your STORY CORE UNIVERSE is:
Media & Entertainment.
Every Artist/Storyteller inhabits a STORY CORE UNIVERSE. This is your INDUSTRY, CRAFT, or DISCIPLINE OF CHOICE:
Architecture, Fine Art, Sculpture, Photography, Theater, Dance, Music, Fashion, Publishing, Media & Entertainment...
YOUR
GALAXY...
is the MEDIUM within your MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT UNIVERSE: Broadcast Television/Movies, Film, and Internet.
YOUR
SOLAR SYSTEM...
is your FORMAT: Pilot, Serial, Series, Limited-Series,
Made-For-TV-Movie, Short...
YOUR WORLD...
is the GENRE of your STORY: Drama, Action, Comedy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Western, Horror, Suspense, Thriller, Fantasy, Rom-Com, Family-Friendly...
YOUR
COUNTRY...
is your THEME: the CENTRAL IDEA that your STORY
is built on. The FOUNDATIONAL MESSAGE.
YOUR FOREST...
is the TITLE, the NAME, of your STORY.
This is the AUDIENCE. Your WATCHER. Your VIEWER. A COLLECTIVE OF ONE.
YOUR
SILENT COMPANION...
YOUR
BANKROLL...
is your BUDGET, WALLET, PURSE.
How expensive is your STORY? WHO is paying for it: private investors, crowd-funding, studios...?
YOUR TREES...
are the DETAILS of your Story: Characters, Subplots, Setting, Time, Place, Dialogue, Structure, Tone, Imagery, Symbols, Actions...
YOUR
PATHFINDER...
is your HERO/PROTAGONIST who journeys into the great unknown. This is your Adventure-Seeker, Sojourner, Pilgrim, Pioneer, Anti-Hero...
THE PATH...
is your PATHFINDER'S PHYSICAL JOURNEY from the OPENING IMAGE
to the FINAL FRAME. This is your PLOT.
THE
DISTRACTOR...
is your ANTAGONIST. The SHADOW, ENEMY, LIAR.
Any OBSTACLE and OPPOSITION to the fulfillment of the PATHFINDER'S DREAM or IMMINENT CHANGE.
THE
FINAL
DESTINATION...
is the end of your PATHFINDER'S JOURNEY. The FINISH-LINE they must cross. The INEVITABLE CONCLUSION.
YOUR
STORY CORE...
Is the POWER, the LIGHT, the ENGINE that illuminates the PATH for your PATHFINDER'S JOURNEY. This is the means by which your HERO navigates through the entire STORY FOREST.
Your STORY CORE is infused with the unique DNA of your PATHFINDER'S EMOTIONAL JOURNEY.
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YOUR MISSION...
is to develop your ATOMIC FIREFLY STORY CORE, the LIGHT that guides your PATHFINDER into the right FOREST, navigating past the right TREES, to the right DESTINATION, so that the right PATH leads on the right JOURNEY, resonating with the expectations you set up for your SILENT COMPANION in your correlating WORLD and UNIVERSE.
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Click on the link below to begin your ATOMIC FIREFLY STORY CORE journey.