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sw-truby-anatomy

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Organic story anatomy from John Truby's The Anatomy of Story (有机结构/设计原则/22步骤/道德议题/四角对立/幽灵/场景编排) — the designing principle (story process plus original execution), the seven key steps as the organic spine, all twenty-two steps with the middle-act machinery the beat sheets lack (ghost, fake-ally opponent, plan, opponent's drive, ally's attack, fake defeat, three revelation-and-decision pairs, audience revelation, visit to death, moral decision), four-corner opposition, the moral-argument chain with the hero-opponent power-balance rule, scene weave with structure-step tags and storyline numbers, and the accordion rule (never fewer than seven steps). Kept side by side with the Field/Snyder page maps. Use when the middle act sags into unconnected episodes, when the premise works but the story feels mechanical, when one antagonist cannot carry the theme, when the theme stays stated instead of acted, or when a BS2 board needs an organic second pass.

When to use

• Diagnosing middle-act sagging into unconnected episodes
• Fixing stories that feel mechanical despite a working premise
• Resolving themes that cannot be carried by one antagonist
• Ensuring themes are acted rather than stated
• Performing an organic second pass on a BS2 board
• Applying the designing principle and seven key steps
• Structuring four-corner opposition and moral-argument chains
• Weaving scenes with structure-step tags and storyline numbers

When not to use

• Tasks requiring only page-count maps or rhythm timing
• Tasks where the user prefers not to use organic anatomy alongside page maps

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