The Power of the Dark Side

Name: The Power of the Dark Side | Creating Great Villains, Dangerous Situations, & Dramatic Conflict
Brand: Michael Wiese Productions
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Creating Great Villains, Dangerous Situations, & Dramatic Conflict

Pamela Jaye Smith(Autor*in)

Michael Wiese Productions (Verlag)

Erschienen am 1. Mai 2008

242 Seiten

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COVER
TITLE
COPYRIGHT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CAVEAT SCRIPTOR = WRITER BEWARE
I. DEFINING THE DARK SIDE
1. WHAT DARK SIDE?
What is Evil?
Who is Evil?
Why is there Evil?
What does Evil want?
Why is Evil sometimes so alluring?
What's the difference between Evil and Bad?
What can we learn from Evil?
How do we defeat/defuse Evil?
II. THREE LEVELS OF THE DARK SIDE
2. THE DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD - PERSONAL
Our own Shadow
Illness, wounds, and death
When bad things happen to silly people
Dark night of the Soul
Gang-related
Karma
3. THE DARK FORCES - IMPERSONAL
Laws of physics
Theories of other physics
Time
Duality
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Red in tooth and claw
A plague on both your houses
Techno trouble
4. THE DARK BROTHERHOOD - SUPRA-PERSONAL
Who is this Dark Brotherhood?
Where did they come from?
What do they want?
How do they get away with it?
How can we resist and/or defeat them?
III. THEY WALK ON THE DARK SIDE
5. ANTI-HERO
6. BAD BOYS AND GIRLS
The Trickster
The Rake and the Temptress
Pimps, Panderers, and Pushers
Mommie Dearest and Bad Dads
Killer Kids
Evil Twins
Pirates, Rebels, and Traitors
Bad Cop, Worse Cop
Bumblers
Dictators, Tyrants, and Cult Leaders
Mad Scientists
Psychopaths, Pedophiles, and Serial Killers
7. GROUPTHINK STINKS
Stereotypes, racism, classism
Cultural clashes
Kids and cliques
Child warriors and child workers
Vandals, Goths, Golden Hordes
Soldiers of God
Organized religion
Organized crime
Corporate corruption
Secret societies and shadow governments
Big Brothers and bureaucracies
Evil empires
War, huh, what is it good for?
8. WITCHES, WZARDS, AND WARLOCKS
Shamans
Witchcraft as science
Wizardry as political science
The Dark Arts
Witch hunts
9. GHOSTS, GHOULS, AND GHASTLY GODS
Ye gods
Nature spirits
Ghosts
Vampires, werewolves, zombies
Monsters
Aliens
Haunted things and places
IV. THE LURE OF THE DARK SIDE
10. THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
The ghost
The fatal flaw
I was under orders
Ate the Twinkies, drank the Kool-Aid
Gateway Dwellers
Guilt, grief, and shame
Born under a bad sign
Karma
Curses and voices
Aliens
11. DEVICES OF THE DARK SIDE
Sleeping with the enemy
Seemed like a good idea at the time
Slippery slope
Deal with the devil
Power corrupts
Cover your ass
Violence
Go along to get along
Dumb and dumber
V. CONFRONTING THE DARK SIDE
12. DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK SIDE
Charms and chants
Therapy, drugs, self-help
Ignore it
Laughter
Education
Deception and diplomacy
Exposure
Nonviolence
Civil disobedience
Fight fire with fire
You say you want a revolution?
Cut to the chase
Seek sanctuary
Trials, truths, and reconciliations
The Primrose Path
The Road to Damascus
Get a sense of perspective
VI. WORKING WITH THE DARK SIDE
13. STORY TOOLS
Selecting the worthy opponent
The sliding scale
The Dark Side of our future
VII. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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