References:

Overview and introduction to Nested/Framed Stories:

• http://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/devices/nested_stories.htm
   
• http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NestedStory
   
• http://www.editing-writing.com/narrative-structuresnested-story/
   
• http://www.writing-world.com/victoria/crafting04.shtml
   
• http://literarylab.blogspot.in/2010/10/story-and-nestedstructures.html
   
• http://www.tor.com/2013/12/04/story-worlds-framestories/
   
• http://phil-dickinson.me.uk/Psychology/DXr222/Assignment/CognitiveSructuresinComprehension_Thorndyke.pdf

Nested loops and Psychology:

• http://www.copyblogger.com/open-loops/
   
• https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-examples-of-theproper-usage-of-nested-loops-in-NLP
   
• http://bejlt.brookes.ac.uk/paper/nested_narratives_enabling_students_to_make_sense_of_their_learning-2/
   
• https://www.nlptimes.com/SalesPages/Nested_Loops_And_Nested_Story_Telling.php

Movies:

• http://www.survivetheoutbreak.com/
   
• http://www.bankrungame.com/
   
• http://www.motionpieces.com/lostcause/
   
• http://hunchfilm.com/
   
• http://htc.stitchers.com/

Story Concepts:

• Concept 1:
  “Nesting various events in history”.
  For this particular story Operation Orchard (Israel) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Orchard) and
  Operation Kahuta (India) (http://www.dailyo.in/politics/morarji-desai-kargil-warpervez-musharraf-pakistan-raw-kahuta-nuclear-warfare/story/1/3802.html) has been taken as inspiration.
   
• Concept 3:
  Story of an ordinary guy turned into a superhero
  https://www.quora.com/Epics-of-India-What-are-theeight-mystical-opulences-of-Kalki
   
• Concept 5:
  Negative Creativity: Dark side of creativity David H. Cropley, Arthur J. Cropley, James C. Kaufman, Mark A. Runco, (2010), The Dark Side of Creativity, Cambridge University Press

Other Links:
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• Animation Design at IDC IIT Bombay

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