John Truby wrote a book called The Anatomy of a Story. I turned to this book, and others, to help me shape my story. It's one thing to have an inspiration and something else to shape that inspiration into a story. In Chapter 2 of Mr. Truby's book, he talks about the premise, the design principle, central theme, and moral choice. After reading the chapter, I took the inspiration of the story and tried to define these four elements (BTW, element is my term. I am not sure what Mr.