| Story Processor Version 0.1 White Paper By Jeroen Lapré 15Oct2K7 Copyright 2007 distant-galaxy.com Background The word processor is a glorified typewriter. i.e. you string words together by slavishly typing individual letters. In a Story Processor, single key strokes or mouse clicks should create semantic concepts. The software has an understanding of characters, locations, props, motivation, etc. The author can quickly string together their story outline with these tools. The software takes care of the lower level "house keeping" of such things as timeline consistency, and cause/effect relationship chains, allowing the author to focus on the higher level story plots. Potential applications: short story and novel authoring, computer game and digital film story development. Concepts The Story Processor has a semantic understanding of "real world" concepts, via an owl/java api/web service adaptation of the open source opencyc.org project ontology. Characters Gender
Male
Female Species
Human
Animal Other Age
Locations Years
BuildDevelopmental Infant
Toddler Child Teenage Adult Senior Height
Weight Examples
Beach
Ocean Mountains Building House Yard Car Props Gun Screwdriver Chair Time of Day Semantic Morning Afternoon Evening Absolute 9am 1:30pm 8pm Java JXTA Language Independent Protocols XML RDF OWL Related Technologies The Semantic Web Cyc.com OpenCyc.org OpenCyc for the Semantic Web Opencyc Web Services The CycFoundation Protege/OWL OpenCyc Concepts Story Fictional Character Fictional Context PredicateDescribingActorSlot Actor predicate describing the actor's fate Agent Agent - Non Artifactual Intelligent Agent Able-MindedThing Sentient Animal Person Narrative Role Location - Underspecified Location (DenduringThingLocalized) Geographical Thing Town Wikipedia Definitions Elements of Fiction The elements of fiction are: character, plot, setting, theme, and style. Of these five elements, character is the who, plot is the what, setting is the where and when, and style is the how of a story. [1] A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a fictional work or performance. A plot, or storyline, is the rendering and ordering of the events and actions of a story, particularly towards the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect. Setting is the time and location in which a story takes place. Theme is the broad idea, message, or lesson of a story. Style includes the multitude of choices fiction writers make, consciously or subconsciously, as they create a story. They encompass the big-picture, strategic choices such as point of view and narrator, but they also include the nitty-gritty, tactical choices of grammar, punctuation, word usage, sentence and paragraph length and structure, tone, the use of imagery, chapter selection, titles, and on and on. In the process of writing a story, these choices meld to become the writer's voice, his or her own unique style. [2] Misc The Major Elements of Writing Fiction |
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