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      THE SCIENCE OF STORYTELLING

      Will Storr

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       Copyright

      William Collins

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2019

      Copyright © William Storr 2019

      Cover design by Jack Smyth

      William Storr asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780008276935

      Ebook Edition © April 2019 ISBN: 9780008276959

      Version: 2020-02-18

       Dedication

      For my firstborn, Parker

       Epigraph

      ‘Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,

      Or what’s a heaven for?’

       Robert Browning (1812–1889)

      Contents

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

       CHAPTER TWO: THE FLAWED SELF

       2.0 The flawed self; the theory of control

       2.1 Personality and plot

       2.2 Personality and setting

       2.3 Personality and point of view

       2.4 Culture and character; Western versus Eastern story

       2.5 Anatomy of a flawed self; the ignition point

       2.6 Fictional memories; moral delusions; antagonists and moral idealism; antagonists and toxic self-esteem; the hero-maker narrative

       2.7 David and Goliath

       2.8 How flawed characters create meaning

       CHAPTER THREE: THE DRAMATIC QUESTION

       3.0 Confabulation and the deluded character; the dramatic question

       3.1 Multiple selves; the three-dimensional character

       3.2 The two levels of story; how subconscious character struggle creates plot

       3.3 Modernist stories

      

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