Plotter: Operationalizing the Master Book of All Plots

Authors

  • Markus Eger North Carolina State University
  • Colin Potts North Carolina State University
  • Camille Barot North Carolina State University
  • R. Michael Young North Carolina State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aiide.v11i4.12835

Keywords:

Story Generation, Narrative, Plot Generation

Abstract

Pulp fiction author William Wallace Cook published Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots in 1928, which contains almost 2000 plot fragments and relatively formal instructions on how human authors could combine them to produce plots behind novels. In this paper we show one way that the methods in this book can be used to computationally generate plots from the fragments. We also show sample plots generated by our system called Plotter that uses this method. Finally we use them to discuss idiosyncrasies and limitations of the book.

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Published

2021-06-24

How to Cite

Eger, M., Potts, C., Barot, C., & Young, R. M. (2021). Plotter: Operationalizing the Master Book of All Plots. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, 11(4), 30-33. https://doi.org/10.1609/aiide.v11i4.12835

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 4 (2015): AIIDE Workshop Technical Report WS-15-22 (Intelligent Narrative Technologies and Social Believability in Games)

Section

Intelligent Narrative Technologies and Social Believability in Games