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Author Lyons, Jeff

Title Anatomy of a premise line : how to master premise and story development for writing success / by Jeff Lyons
Published Focal Press : Burlington, MA, 2015

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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; PART 1 Premise and Story-Building the Foundation; Chapter 1 YOUR FIRST BOOK IN STORY DEVELOPMENT; Tell Me Your Story; Story Comes First-Writing Comes Second; Storytelling and Writing Are Not the Same Thing; The 7-Step Premise Development Process; Chapter 2 WHAT IS A STORY PREMISE AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?; Common Definitions of Story Premise; Historical Definitions of Story Premise; A Working Definition of Story Premise; Chapter 3 THE INVISIBLE STRUCTURE; The Blinding Ball of Information
The Invisible StructureCharacter; Constriction; Desire; Relationship; Resistance; Adventure; Change; Backing Into the Story; Chapter 4 THE VISIBLE STRUCTURE; The Invisible Made Visible; Protagonist; Moral Component; Chain of Desire; Focal Relationship; Opposition; Plot and Momentum; Evolution-De-Evolution; The Premise Line Connection; Chapter 5 THE POWER OF THE PREMISE LINE; The Story Structure-Premise Connection; Anatomy of a Premise Line; Mapping the Invisible Structure: The Four Clauses; Clause #1: Protagonist Clause; Clause #2: Team Goal Clause; Clause #3: Opposition Clause
Clause #4: Dénouement ClausePremise Analysis; Chapter 6 A STORY VS. A SITUATION; What Is a Story?; The Magic Formula; What Is a Character?; What Is a Plot?; What Is a Story Again?; What Is a Situation?; The Five Components of a Situation; What Do I Do If I Have a Situation and Not a Story?; Chapter 7 THE MORAL PREMISE; What Does "Moral" Mean?; What Is a Moral Component?; Moral Blind Spot; Immoral Effect; Dynamic Moral Tension; The Passive Protagonist Loop; The Active Protagonist Loop; Summary; PART 2 The 7-Step Premise Development Process; The 7 Steps
Why a Process and Not Just a List of Steps?Forms, Worksheets, and Samples; Step 1 DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE A STORY OR A SITUATION; Why This Is the Hardest Step; Step 2 MAP THE INVISIBLE STRUCTURE TO THE "ANATOMY OF A PREMISE LINE" TEMPLATE; Apply the Map to Your Story Idea; Three Test Cases; Step 3 DEVELOP THE FIRST PASS OF YOUR PREMISE LINE; Step 4 DETERMINE IF YOUR PREMISE IS HIGH CONCEPT; Which Is Better: High Concept or Soft Concept?; What Is a High-Concept Premise?; The 7 Components of a High-Concept Premise; What Is a Soft-Generic Premise?; The High-Concept / Log Line Worksheet Exercise
Step 5 DEVELOP THE LOG LINEWhat Is a Log Line and Why Should You Care?; How Do Premise Line and Log Line Work Together?; What Is a Tagline?; The Log Line / Tagline Worksheet Exercise; Step 6 FINALIZE THE PREMISE LINE; What Does Final Mean?; Step 7 PREMISE AND IDEA TESTING; What Is Premise Testing and Why Should You Care?; How to Use the "Premise Testing Checklist"; PART 3 Development: A Few Remaining Nuts and Bolts; Chapter 8 I NAILED THE PREMISE AND LOG LINES-NOW WHAT?; The Case for a Short Synopsis; The Synopsis Process; How to Use the "Short Synopsis Worksheet."
Summary This book provides a seven-step development process for screenplay or television writing. The book presents a premise and idea testing methodology that can be used to test any developed premise line. The book provides guides on structure, character constriction, choosing a character, synopsis, various writing stages (business, script development and story development stage), character development and solutions to writer's block
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Motion picture authorship -- Vocational guidance
Motion picture plays -- Technique.
Motion picture authorship -- Vocational guidance
Motion picture plays -- Technique
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315733760
1315733765