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DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.

Proposal                                                                                                                

EVALUATION OF A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO IDENTIFY CLASSIC STORY:

The Application of the Scientific Method in the Study of Modern Story Structure

Emily Schultheis

Glenelg High School

 

The Story Template is a new writing tool soon to be available on the market in 2010-2011.  This study was intended to establish the credibility of The Story Template in two potential applications.  The first application is the use of The Story Template by editors and agents to increase their efficiency when choosing publishable material and later pinpointing errors in the story construct that must be revised before it is published.  The second application of The Story Template is its use by novelists and screenwriters while they develop their stories.  In either case, the purpose of The Story Template is to add structure to a currently intuitive field.  This structure may help to limit time wasted to “reinventing the wheel” in the context of story.  It may serve as a starting place from which artists may get past “writers' block” when designing story.  Before writers and editors begin using The Story Template as it is intended, they should validate its credibility - an element indicated in this study by final sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy scores (all in percent).  Further trials will be required to establish The Story Template as a reputable theory, but this research provides the ground-breaking step in that validation process.

 

 

Biography                                                                                                             

EVALUATION OF A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO IDENTIFY CLASSIC STORY:

The Application of the Scientific Method in the Study of Modern Story Structure

Emily Schultheis

Glenelg High School

 

Emily Schultheis is currently a junior at Glenelg High School taking her first year of Intern/Mentorship after two years of Independent Research.  In previous years, she dedicated much of her creative energy to scientific research, particularly in robotics and optical engineering.  She began competing in science fairs in fourth grade and continued to participate every year since.  Her sophomore Independent Research and science project, Negative Feedback on an Autonomous Optically-Guided Robotic Arm, was recently awarded the First Division Grand Prize in Physical Sciences at the Baltimore Regional Science Fair.  Consequently, she had the opportunity to compete in Intel's 2009 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) held in Reno, Nevada.

 

From an intense study of the traditional sciences, she developed an understanding and appreciation for the scientific element.  Through this project, Emily has applied aspects of the scientific method to explore a different and equally compelling aspect of human ingenuity: artistic expression, in this case, the study of modern story structure in classic literature. 

DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.