ABSTRACT

Storytelling and creativity are broad topics. Creating a computer model that can tell stories has required addressing many issues from a variety of disciplines: cognitive science, psychology, computer science, and art. The preceding pages have examined a large number of disparate and seemingly unconnected topics: memory, creativity, themes, the artistic drive, foreshadowing, and so on. Each issue has been viewed from a variety of angles: as a cognitive model, as a computational model, as a psychological model, as it interrelates with other issues, as a part in a complex system, and as part of a storytelling machine.