Category Archives: The Story Mind

Excerpted from Dramatica Unplugged: The Story Mind In summary, then, in our own minds we have a sense of who we are. In stories, that “sense of self”, essentially the identity or ego of the story, is represented by the Main … Continue reading →

Excerpted from Dramatica Unplugged: The Story Mind Now that we’re familiar with some of the elements of structure with a nod toward storytelling techniques, it might be a good time to consider how we might create and maximize the meaning of … Continue reading →

Excerpted from Dramatica Unplugged: The Story Mind We’ve been focusing on structure for a while now, so let’s take a quick breather and consider storytelling for a moment. You probably know someone who can take a bad joke and tell it … Continue reading →

Excerpted from Dramatica Unplugged: The Story Mind Imagine our Main Character soldier making his way across the field of battle. Suddenly, through the smoke of dramatic explosions he spies a murky figure standing right in his path. In this fog … Continue reading →

Excerpt from the book, Dramatica Unplugged: The Story Mind The structure of a story, then, is the psychology of a single mind made tangible. For the story to be sound and ring true, the psychology must be complete and valid. … Continue reading →

Excerpted from the book Dramatica Unplugged: The Storymind So what, exactly, is the Story Mind made of? Dramatica says that “Every complete story is an analogy to a single mind trying to deal with an inequity.” Now that’s very scientific, … Continue reading →

What happens if you mess up and just alter part of a structure without considering the structure-wide impact that change may have? Here’s an example…. Consider the Bill Murray film, “Scrooged:” (a remake of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”) as opposed … Continue reading →