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Category Archives: Communication
Deciphering Lost Languages with Dramatica
All language is based on narrative. And since Dramatica maps narrative upon the structure of the Table of Story Elements, each narrative that might hold meaning in a language can be perceived as a pattern of interconnected story points. Therefore, … Continue reading
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Conversational Inertia
Sometimes, no matter how one tries, a conversation cannot be turned. Illustrating this in conversations among characters is a way to illuminate the degree of power that is driving the conversation in a particular direction, or perhaps the magnitude of … Continue reading
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The Four Stages of Communication
The following excerpt is taken from The Dramatica Class Transcripts Dramatica : I’m going to start tonight with the four stages of communication. Pete P 432 : Okay Dramatica : In Dramatica theory, we see all communication as having four … Continue reading
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A Tale is a Statement
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 really a story but just a physical need, like this … Continue reading
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StoryWeaving and Structure
Part of the purpose of Storyweaving is to communicate the underlying dramatic structure or message of a story. The other part is to make that process of communication as interesting and/or effective as possible. In addition, the manner in which … Continue reading
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Medium and Format
Up to this point, we have explored the encoding process as if storyform and storytelling were the only concerns. This is only true in a theoretical sense. In practice, a story cannot be transmitted from author to audience except across … Continue reading
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