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Category Archives: Dramatica’s Origins
Dramatica – How We Did It! (Part One)
As I approach my sixtieth birthday, I imagine the time is ripe to resolve some of the questions I’ve been getting in regard to the origin and development of the Dramatica Theory of Story and its principal concepts and implementations. … Continue reading
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Dramatica – Where’d the Idea Come From?
Chris Huntley and I began our exploration of story structure in 1980. He and I had met a few years earlier while we were both attending the University of Southern California and both making short films. I had left school … Continue reading
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Why Dramatica Works – Part 1
Over the past twenty years I have written innumerable articles and recorded over one hundred hours of video explaining what the Dramatica is , how to use it and even how it works, but I have never made a concerted … Continue reading
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Dramatica – Where’d The Idea Come From?
Chris Huntley and I began our exploration of story structure in 1980. He and I had met a few years earlier while we were both attending the University of Southern California and both making short films. I had left school … Continue reading
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Definitive Scientific Article on Dramatica Theory
Here is a link to the definitive explanation of the Dramatica theory (in PDF) from 1993, that explains all of the key concepts in text and graphics, including descriptions of non-story uses of the psychological model and the functioning of … Continue reading
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From the Dramatica Pro Software Archives (1999)
Dramatica Pro 4 Software Companion – Introduction From 1999 (gad, I was young!) – Introductory video from the Dramatica Software Companion. Quality is poor, but the original video was lost, so all we have is this compressed copy which was … Continue reading
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