The Story Diamond Key

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[PROLOGUE] DENOUEMENT
1 First Image (Snyder) Return with the Elixir 12
Act 3 Climax

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5 Crossing Threshold B Protagonist Initiates Near Death
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Schechter’s 4 Archetypes TP
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Characters transform
Kübler-Ross Stages of Grief Moment of Grace gradually not suddenly.
Bernard Brock Episodic TV
9 Midpoint 8 The Ordeal

Stan Williams came across a early version of The Story Diamond while working with Will Smith, Chris Vogler, and Marianne and Cormac Wibberly on a
project yet to be produced. With their permission Stan layered on the various story structure theories you see above and that are explained in more
detail in the PDF at http://www.moralpremise.com/StoryDiamondNotes.pdf. Permission is granted for reuse with attribution of the above names. Please
send suggestions and comments to Stan Williams (Stan@MoralPremise.com). Material is also covered in the on-line Storycraft Training Modules.
(storycrafttraining.blogspot.com). Copyright © 2017, Stanley D. Williams. All Rights Reserved. www.MoralPremise.com.
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