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Action Genre: How to Tell an Exciting Life and Death Story

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What is the Action Genre? An external story in the Action genre focuses on the protagonist’s sacrifice for positive movement along the death / life VALUE spectrum while generating feelings of excitement in the reader. The underlying question in every Action story is: DOWNLOAD THE ACTION CHEAT SHEET How do I overcome powerful external forces… Read more »

Status Genre: Stories of Success and Failure

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What is the Status Genre? An internal story in the Status genre focuses on the protagonist’s need for respect. These stories turn on the failure / success spectrum while generating feelings of admiration or pity in the reader, depending on the outcome. The underlying question in every Status story is: Will the protagonist be able… Read more »

Society Genre: Stories of Power and Impotence

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What is the Society Genre? An external story in the Society genre focuses the protagonist’s need for recognition in a disenfranchised group. It turns on the impotence / power spectrum while generating feelings of triumph or righteous indignation depending on whether the Revolution succeeds or fails. The underlying question in every Society story is: What… Read more »

War Genre: Honor and Dishonor in Pro War, Anti-War, and Kinship Stories

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What is the War Genre? An external story in the War genre focuses on the self-actualization of the protagonist through the expression of the gifts of love and self-sacrifice. Each AVATAR can act heroically by defending fellow warriors honorably in the face of horrific pain and loss. In War stories, readers see that victory is… Read more »

Thriller Genre: The Blending of Action, Crime, and Horror Stories

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What is the Thriller Genre? An external story in the Thriller genre focuses on the protagonist’s need for safety. This leads the reader to identify with the protagonist, who seeks to defeat an antagonist that personifies evil. Thriller stories blend elements of three other genres as the powerful individual protagonist from the ACTION genre faces… Read more »

Horror Genre: Stories of Life and Damnation against Uncanny, Supernatural and Ambiguous Monsters

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What is the Horror Genre? An external story in the Horror genre focuses on the ability of a protagonist to self-actualize through the expression of the gift of courage and selflessness in the face of fear. The Horror genre pits a single victim (even though there may be multiple AVATARS) against impossible odds and a… Read more »

Love Genre: Stories About Obsession, Courtship and Marriage

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What is the Love Genre? An external story in the Love genre focuses on the need for connection in a variety of forms, including desire, commitment, and intimacy, allowing readers to identify with the lovers as protagonists and respond to the fulfillment of the couple’s fate on the hate-love spectrum with a feeling of romance…. Read more »

Crime Genre: Justice and Injustice Stories of Mystery and Intrigue

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What is the Crime Genre? An external story in the Crime genre focuses on the Justice / Injustice spectrum while generating feelings in the reader of intrigue (solving the puzzle) and security or personal safety when the perpetrator is exposed. DOWNLOAD THE CRIME CHEAT SHEET The underlying question in every Crime story is: How do… Read more »

Structure Genre: Arch-plot, Mini-plot, and Anti-plot

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What is the Structure Genre? The Structure Genre indicates to our reader who or what the change of the story will affect. It addresses whether the change will occur for a single AVATAR or throughout the whole system or context. The Structure Genre is one of the five components of the GENRE FIVE LEAF CLOVER and it’s… Read more »

Worldview Genre: Stories About Maturation, Disillusionment, and Revelation

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What is the Worldview Genre? An internal story, Worldview genres focus on the lens through which we view the world and the consequences of those lens choices. It turns on the naivete/sophistication spectrum, while providing readers with feelings of relief at the protagonist’s emerging whole from a threat to their internal status quo, or pity… Read more »

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Action Genre: How to Tell an Exciting Life and Death Story

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Status Genre: Stories of Success and Failure

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Society Genre: Stories of Power and Impotence

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War Genre: Honor and Dishonor in Pro War, Anti-War, and Kinship Stories

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Thriller Genre: The Blending of Action, Crime, and Horror Stories

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Horror Genre: Stories of Life and Damnation against Uncanny, Supernatural and Ambiguous Monsters

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Love Genre: Stories About Obsession, Courtship and Marriage

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Crime Genre: Justice and Injustice Stories of Mystery and Intrigue

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Structure Genre: Arch-plot, Mini-plot, and Anti-plot

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Worldview Genre: Stories About Maturation, Disillusionment, and Revelation

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