Monthly Archives: January 2012

Concept for a Theme

Life is filled with opportunities to begin a story.  Sometimes you encounter a bit of news, observe an interpersonal interaction, or simply see a post on Google+ or Facebook. Today, for example, I was writing a private message on Facebook … Continue reading

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The Dramatica Concept

Over the years there’s been so much sophisticated material written about how Dramatica deals with all kinds of complex story issues that it is easy to forget about the central purpose of Dramatica in the first place. So, here’s a … Continue reading

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Fractal Psychology in the Real World

Response to a Dramatica User: What characters represent in the Story Mind is not their own psychology but rather just the small fragment of that overall entity. Essentially, in the story at large characters are nothing more than automatons – … Continue reading

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Narrative Space in the Real World

In my last post I described how the term “narrative space” refers to the breadth and depth of the subject matter from which you will develop a story.  Like a cloud, the subject matter is just the raw material – … Continue reading

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Narrative Space

“Narrative Space” describes the complete breadth and depth of subject matter in which you seek to define a story. Simply put, most authors don’t come to a story with a complete structure immediately in mind.  Rather, they are attracted to … Continue reading

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