Category Archives: Storyforming Tips

A new Dramatica user recently emailed to say she was stymied when she reached a point in the storyforming procedure and the options she wanted for a particular story point were grayed out and not available, even though she was … Continue reading →

 A Writer Asks Hi, I bought Dramatica in January and have been having a great deal of fun with it. I’m probably a bit dangerous, give me hammer and everything becomes a nail, etc. Do you talk to Dramatica users? … Continue reading →

  A Writer Asks… My question is: how do you know when you’ve got your story’s structure (storyform) right? I Reply… There is no right or wrong storyform. The Dramatica software makes sure that every storyform is a dramatically valid … Continue reading →

  A Writer Asks… I have just recently purchased Dramatica Pro and have a question I hope you can answer…. *Define your use of the word ILLUSTRATE in the various stages of story encoding I Reply… “Illustrate” means to come … Continue reading →

  A Dramatica user wrote: I love the theory. It works. I want it to help me figure out the ending to my pot-boiler. To do that, I have to figure out more about the relationships between fatal flaw, the … Continue reading →

  A Writer Asks… Dramatica requires authors to make specific decisions about their story. In contrast, most great artists prefer to keep things ambiguous so that the audience is left with a richer experience. Doesn’t this indicate a limitation of … Continue reading →