BLOGPOST ARCHIVES #3: NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
Blog posts over the past decade about Narrative Structure and the ABT.
STRUCTURE is what the ABT is all about. Although the recognition of the tripartite nature of narrative structure goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks, I just started noticing it analytically in a big way about 15 years ago with the formulation of the ABT.
In these posts stretching across an entire decade I go from comparing narrative structure to various configurations of an IKEA desk (#84) to enduring accusations of being a Hyper-Reductionist (oh, my, #113).
#204) Three Steps to CONCISION: The CHAT GPT/ABT Concision Tool
#201) Using the right tool: A “HOWEVER HAMMER” for diplomacy, a “BUT BOMB” for
#192) Narrative Analysis of “Seaspiracy” Ocean Documentary: A Guide to Our Podcast Episode
#174) Nicholas Cage and “Robert McKee” explore the AAA versus ABT divide
#171) 4 COMEDIANS: THE Most Interesting/Important Discussion of Communication I’ve Ever Heard
#162) John Oliver on Shaming: He Cites, “Agreement, Contradiction, Consequence” (= ABT)
#146) Desperate Times Call for Desperate Narrative Structure, on the Front Page of the NY Times
#128) How the Kids in Florida are like The March for Science
#113) Hollywood vs. Journalism: A Reply to Dan Fagin and “hyper-reductionism”
#110) Banning Trump from Twitter: Valarie Plame Advances a Great Narrative
#101) How Twitter fuels our increasingly mediocre narrative-driven world
#99) The Great Barrier Reef: If only “most people” were thoughtful
#98) Want to communicate effectively? Hire a comic writer (not a professor)
#97) Bill Maher Got the “Arouse & Fulfill” Elements Backwards
#83) Is this Really How to Communicate Science “Effectively”?
#77) National Park Service Uses ABT for a new Climate Change Strategy Report
#65) The Dangers of “The Singular Narrative” Versus “The Single Narrative”
#62) NY Times: Hacked Emails Reveal Hillary’s Narratively-Challenged Campaign Staff
#61) Lester Holt’s Marginal Performance as Moderator is Revealed by his Narrative Index Score of 17
#56) NARRATIVE SELECTION: The New York Times Likes “Big Buts”
#41) The Power of Blind Enthusiasm: What Highly Educated People Don’t Understand
# 32) The “Secret” the TED Folks Don’t Know: The ABT (of course)
#21) “Our yearning for certainty”: The Narrative Dynamic of True Crime TV