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+An on-again off-again idea I've been having about computer modelling/simulation of stories.  Either used for the creation of novels, or roleplaying campaigns.
+There was a recent discussion over on the Hero boards about the Morphological method of creating a story based on the method used by [[http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_strauss/20050420.html Fran Striker]] a writer of 60k words per week.  The story is built around the characters.  It's broken up in to 4 random lists that he took things from - Characters, Objectives, Obstacles and Solutions:
+~He listed 44 potential characters ranging from bums to jugglers and playboys, virgins to slaves and governors. These people were in possession of 11 traits, honour, courage and love among them.
+~They might be seeking relief from 13 things GÇô for example, bad habits, temptation, a threat GÇô or be seeking revenge against 14 different protagonists. He listed 40-odd things that could stand in their way GÇô a contract, a tradition, blindness, money, lack of influence, for example GÇô then portrayed 40-odd different ways to resolve this, prayer, logic, threats and sacrificing a friend among them.
+This can be applied to any genre, you would just need to modify the lists.
+However - for a simulation, I would want more than that.  Mainly character links/hooks to each other and to events in the story.  Also, I'd want events other than obstacles, and to break down events into external and internal (e.g. character development).
+For linking I was thinking some kind of investment stat - how much a character cares about the outcome of any given event - or how much they care about the fortunes of another character.
+If you view a book as a timeline, you could also break it down into acts similar to plays, television or movies - defining those acts as either pertaining to a major event or pertaining to a major location/setting.
+Anyhow, more musing later, in the meantime - here are some links to things I've found on the internet that are relevant to this subject:
+  * [[http://www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm The Big List of RPG Plots]]
+  * [[http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.22873/Writing A character archetype list]]
+  * [[http://www.writersvillage.com/character/ A more professional character archetype list]]
+  * [[http://www.deathquaker.org/gaming/archetypes.html A World of Darkness character archetype list]]
+  * [[http://www.angelfire.com/tx/afira/heros.html Campbell vs Vogler's Hero Journe]]
+  * [[http://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/plots/polti_situations/polti_situations.htm 36 Dramatic Situations by George Polti]]
+  * [[http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/dtbb/sfevents.htm A random SF story generator bunch of tools]]
+  * [[http://www.curufea.com/fudgescape/farscape_scenario_generator.htm My Farscape scenario generator]]
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