Original Plots

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Bryan O'Neill. Original Plots

The Storyteller’s Manifesto

Storytelling Through the Ages

Aristotle’s Poetics

The Five Act Structure

Story Grids

Character Level Theory

Character Relationship Theory

The Relationship Theory Grid

The Recipe for Empathy

The Law of Prequels & Sequels

The Importance of Canon

Building Character Personalities

The 4th Wall

Connecting With Your Audience

The Needless Death

The Endings

Pen Names

The Failure of Screenplays

Art and Music

Video Game Storytelling

Science Fiction vs. Science Fact

Star Wars Mistakes to Learn From

The Star Wars Saga Analysis

Attention to Detail

Origin Stories

Freedom of Speech vs. Censorship

R.I.P. Writer’s Block

Predicting Story Success and Failure

The Power of Meditation

The First Date Talk

Friendship, Sex and Love

Politics

Shades of Faith

Criticisms

The Future of Storytelling

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For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by the art of storytelling. The unique chemistry of communication between people and their views, not only on humanity, but the world. Stories have been around for thousands of years though not all have survived to be told. Many great stories have been lost to humanity due to persecution, war, and the inability to simply pass it on through the generations. In this information age, we, as writers, have the ability to truly live forever through the stories we tell.

I take comfort in knowing the words I write here will carry on through the ages. The fact that I get to write these words freely, in my own voice, to a potential audience of billions alone, underscores how important words can be. My hope for you, as a storyteller, is that you find the same freedom and power, to unleash your own creativity the way you see fit.

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Aristotle answered the challenge of his teacher by creating a piece that would influence storytelling for centuries to come. The work was called The Poetics (335 BC).

It is through Aristotle’s work in The Poetics that we find the budding core of our Universal Field Theory of Storytelling. The beginning starts there, but the ending has yet to be written. Aristotle was not perfect by any means. He tried to make sense of his world and document it as he saw fit. Some of his ideas were close, while others were way off the mark. It is his idea on character structure and plot that gives us our first few steps.

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