DRAMATICA AND LYRIC WRITING?
Posted: Jul 30, 2008 8:51 am
Hello ALL,
My name is Clinton LeFort. I live in Union, Mo. I am a composer/Lyricist. I'm working on a lyric presently called "I FOUND YOU AGAIN;'
It is about a person who is searching for self-awareness. Here are the STORY-ENGINE SETTINGS:
% STORY ENGINE SETTINGS: "I FELT LOVED AGAIN"
% RESOLVE: Change [14,35,53,]
% IC RESOLVE: Steadfast [5]
% GROWTH: Start : LINE 46,[13,33,51,69] "TIDES OF DOUBT ROLLED AWAY"
% APPROACH: Be-er : LINE 17,37,55,(74-76) -"I FELT LOVED AGAIN"
% PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLE: Intuitive :LINES 42-45
% DRIVER: Action : LINE [71,72
% LIMIT: Timelock LINE: 54 "WHEN LOVED SEARCHED ME OUT"
% OUTCOME: Failure LINE : 3,4,6, [13,33,51,69] [43,44,45]
% JUDGMENT: Good :LINE [14,34,52,70],5,24,25,61,46
This is the first verse followed by the prechorus. The Prechorus is supposed to lead upto the Chorus. Does anyone know of any examples where the MC is speaking to the IC who is a supernatural being. In this case it is God. Georges Polti in "The thirty-Six Dramatic Situations" refers to this dramatic story as SUPPLICATION. I interpret the steadfast character -GOD- or IC- as a stable light of hope for the MC who is seeking self-awareness. The problem stems form using each verse as an act, and developing the conflict and resolution and change for the MC. In Dramatica what would between act be called and how does the screenwriter bring in new material between acts. I think it may be like flash forward or flash backwards, something like Orwell did in Rosebud at the beginning.
Any leads would be appreciated.
Clint LeFort
VERSE ONE
[1.] NIGHT AND DAY I SOUGHT OUT YOUR LOVE [A] (I WAS)
[2.] SEDUCED AND SWAYED BY WINDS OF CHANCE [A]
[3.] YOUR FAITHFULNESS ANCHORED ME, AND I KNEW [B]
[4.] DEEP, THE PAIN, OF LOSING YOU [B]
PRECHORUS
[5.] YOUR ETERNAL LOVE MADE ADVANCES
[6.] MY HEART'S LONGING WOULD NOT CEASE UNTIL
CHORUS
[7.] TIDES OF DOUBT ROLLED A WAY
[8.] SEAS OF KINDNESS POURED IN
[9.] GRACED MOUNTAINS, ROSE HIGH AND CLEAR
[10.] I FELT LOVED AGAIN
My name is Clinton LeFort. I live in Union, Mo. I am a composer/Lyricist. I'm working on a lyric presently called "I FOUND YOU AGAIN;'
It is about a person who is searching for self-awareness. Here are the STORY-ENGINE SETTINGS:
% STORY ENGINE SETTINGS: "I FELT LOVED AGAIN"
% RESOLVE: Change [14,35,53,]
% IC RESOLVE: Steadfast [5]
% GROWTH: Start : LINE 46,[13,33,51,69] "TIDES OF DOUBT ROLLED AWAY"
% APPROACH: Be-er : LINE 17,37,55,(74-76) -"I FELT LOVED AGAIN"
% PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLE: Intuitive :LINES 42-45
% DRIVER: Action : LINE [71,72
% LIMIT: Timelock LINE: 54 "WHEN LOVED SEARCHED ME OUT"
% OUTCOME: Failure LINE : 3,4,6, [13,33,51,69] [43,44,45]
% JUDGMENT: Good :LINE [14,34,52,70],5,24,25,61,46
This is the first verse followed by the prechorus. The Prechorus is supposed to lead upto the Chorus. Does anyone know of any examples where the MC is speaking to the IC who is a supernatural being. In this case it is God. Georges Polti in "The thirty-Six Dramatic Situations" refers to this dramatic story as SUPPLICATION. I interpret the steadfast character -GOD- or IC- as a stable light of hope for the MC who is seeking self-awareness. The problem stems form using each verse as an act, and developing the conflict and resolution and change for the MC. In Dramatica what would between act be called and how does the screenwriter bring in new material between acts. I think it may be like flash forward or flash backwards, something like Orwell did in Rosebud at the beginning.
Any leads would be appreciated.
Clint LeFort
VERSE ONE
[1.] NIGHT AND DAY I SOUGHT OUT YOUR LOVE [A] (I WAS)
[2.] SEDUCED AND SWAYED BY WINDS OF CHANCE [A]
[3.] YOUR FAITHFULNESS ANCHORED ME, AND I KNEW [B]
[4.] DEEP, THE PAIN, OF LOSING YOU [B]
PRECHORUS
[5.] YOUR ETERNAL LOVE MADE ADVANCES
[6.] MY HEART'S LONGING WOULD NOT CEASE UNTIL
CHORUS
[7.] TIDES OF DOUBT ROLLED A WAY
[8.] SEAS OF KINDNESS POURED IN
[9.] GRACED MOUNTAINS, ROSE HIGH AND CLEAR
[10.] I FELT LOVED AGAIN