Screenwriting ring composition

  Screenwriting ring composition write a (2 page) story world creation myth as a ring composition. Context Ring compositions are amongst the earliest story structures on record. They come down to us through the centuries, but we still use many of the techniques and principles required for good ring compositions in our storytelling today. Ring compositions speak to some of the most primal and powerful impulses in storytelling, and that’s why you are going to write one! Task You have complete freedom in designing a story world and imagining its / one of its creation myths. By creation myth I mean a story that attempts to explain the origin of a world, a culture or society, such as is found in the book of Genesis in the Torah (“In the beginning…”) or in many other religious, mythical, or literary narratives. You do not have to pick a real culture, or even an imaginary human culture about which to write your myth. Neither do you have to make reference to religion in any form if you do not wish to do so. Your myth could explain the way a society of aliens, ants, sentient animals or pieces of anthropomorphic chalk or cheese understand their origins. Whatever creation myth you design, you must be able to structure it as a ring composition. Take your invented myth and present it both as a short (max 2 pages) prose narrative and in diagram form as a ring. TO BE CLEAR: Your assignment will comprise BOTH a prose ring composition narrative AND a diagram of that narrative to show its structure as a ring composition. This is an exercise both in creative thinking, and in structural storytelling. You can invent any world and culture that your imagination can create, but you make it interesting to others through the structure of your myth. This sense of freeing the imagination and disciplining your inspiration is central to the practice of creative writing of any kind, and certainly to screenwriting. NOTE: Make each beat clear, concise and vital to the development of your story. For each beat ask yourself: “why is this in my story?” If you are not sure of your answer, think harder or cut it! NOTE 2 (SON OF NOTE): It should be clear from your ring diagram how the parallel beats of each half of your story correspond. Remember parallelism? NOTE 3 (in 3D): Pay special attention to how your midpoint functions as a narrative fulcrum for the story. NOTE 4 (THE REVENGE): Make clear how your resolution beat relates back to the premise or problem