Dramatic structure serves as the backbone of storytelling, shaping narratives in plays, films, and literature. This framework guides the pacing, character arcs, and resolution, crafting stories that ...

If you hear the words “once upon a time,” you might guess that you’re hearing the beginning of a child’s fairy tale. And if you hear the words “and they all lived happily ever after,” you know you’ve ...

“Despite huge changes in the technology of news, the structure of a story today doesn’t look hugely different from one in, say, 1932.” At the risk of sounding self-serving (you’ll see why below), ...

Speaking with GameSpot, McDevitt said the following: We do approach narrative in this game in a very unique way and I think it will be one of the stand-out aspects of the game – the structure of the ...

I think I was 7 or 8-years-old when I first read Harris & Me by Gary Paulson. Well, in truth, my mom likely read it to me but strangely enough, that’s not what I remember. It is the first time that I ...

Co-authored with Ian Kidd, Ph.D. The stories people tell about their lives offer insights into their personalities. Psychologists studying narrative identity have long been interested in the life ...