Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Dramatica Chart and Short Stories

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Applying Dramatica to the Real World

Analyzing and Predicting the Activities of Groups & Organizations   By Melanie Anne Phillips   Based on theories developed by Melanie Anne Phillips & Chris Huntley Introduction to Dramatica Theory and Applications The Dramatica Theory of Story is a model … Continue reading

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The Dramatica Chart

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A Story is a Argument

Dramatica Unplugged Home Transcription of the soundtrack from this video: Dramatica Unplugged Class One: Introduction 1.3 A Story is an Argument A tale is nothing more than a statement. A statement that ‘this lead to this lead to that’ and … Continue reading

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A Tale is a Statement

Dramatica Unplugged Home Transcript of the soundtrack from this video: Dramatica Unplugged Class One: Introduction 1.2 A Tale is a Statement Imagine the very first storyteller, maybe a caveman sitting around a campfire. Perhaps the very first communication was not … Continue reading

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Introducing the Story Mind

Dramatica Unplugged Home Transcript of the soundtrack from this video: Dramatica Unplugged Class One: Introduction 1.1 Introducing the Story Mind Let’s look at the central concept in Dramatica: the Story Mind. It’s what makes Dramatica unique. Dramatica says that every … Continue reading

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Dramatica and the Brain

Recently, a Dramatica user asked a question about the relationship of the Left Brain / Right Brain concept to Dramatica’s Story Mind concept.  My reply (which follows) provides the nitty gritty, but is pretty dense and uses “short speak” because … Continue reading

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