Sleepless in Seattle: Three Writers, Three Concepts

Deidre Pribram

Sleepless in Seattle: Three Writers, Three Concepts

Deidre Pribram

Communications

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Abstract

One of the most striking facts of narrative storytelling is how specific story elements, such as plot, character and structure may remain the same, yet the story told can be remarkably different. We see this, for instance, through the limitations imposed by generic conventions and via characters drawn to stereotype or type. Yet the meanings created are open to seemingly endless replenishment. Indeed, it is narrative's persistent renewability that helps account for the sway and pleasures story holds us.

Original language	American English
Journal	Creative Screenwriting
Volume	3
Issue number	4
State	Published - Jan 1 1996

Keywords

sleepless in seattle
writers
directors
story elements
film studies
narrative studies

Disciplines

Broadcast and Video Studies
Communication
Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication
Social Influence and Political Communication

Access to Document

https://digitalcommons.molloy.edu/com_fac/12

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