Concepts, Uses and Examples of the Dramatica Theory:
The Dramatica Theory of Story Structure
Dramatica: Theory of Story or Software Product?
Dramatica – Where’d the Idea Come From?
The “Main Character Resolve” Concept
Using “Main Character Resolve” in Your Story
The Concept of Main Character Growth
Using Do-er and Be-er Characters
Writing Your Story’s Judgement
Writing Your Story’s Concluding Judgment
Choosing an Objective Domain for Your Story
Stories About Manipulation and Manners of Thinking
Stories About Fixed Attitudes (Mind Stories)
What is the “Objective Story Concern”?
Choosing a “Concern” for Your Story
Example of a Story Concerned with the Present
Ideas for Stories Concerned with Understanding
Examples of Stories Concerned with Understanding
Ideas for Stories Concerned with the Present
Examples of Stories Concerned with “The Future”
Examples of Stories Concerned with “Progress”
Examples of Stories Concerned with “The Past”
Story Ideas Concerning “The Future”
Story Ideas Concerning “Progress”
Ideas for Stories Concerned with “The Past”
Stories About Activities (Physics Stories)
Stories That Explore Situations (Objective Universe Stories)
Story Structure: Examples of “Mind” Stories
Story Structure: Examples of “Psychology” Stories
Story Strucutre: Examples of “Physics” Stories
Story Structure: Examples of Universe Stories
Dramatica Writing Software: Choosing an Objective Story Domain
Stories with a Judgment of Bad
Stories with a Judgment of Good
Story Structure: Examples of “Bad” as the Judgment
Story Structure: Examples of Universe Stories
Choosing an Objective Domain for Your Story
Dramatica Writing Software: Choosing an Objective Story Domain
Stories with a Judgment of Bad
Stories with a Judgment of Good
Story Structure: Examples of “Bad” as the Judgment
Writing Your Story’s Judgement
Writing Your Story’s Concluding Judgment
Stories with an Outcome of Failure
Stories with an Outcome of Success
Story Structure: Examples of Failure as the Outcome
Story Structure: Examples of a Successful Outcome
Story Concept: Success or Failure?
Story Points: Success or Failure?
Story Structure: Examples of Option Locks
Story Structure: Examples of Time Locks
Examples of “Decision” as the Story Driver
Examples of Action as the Story Driver
Stories with Female Mental Sex Main Characters
Stories with Male Mental Sex Main Characters
Examples of Female Mental Sex Main Characters
Examples of Male Mental Sex Characters
Story Point: Your Main Character – “Do-er” or “Be-er”?
Stories with Main Characters Who “Start”
Stories with Main Characters Who Stop
Examples of Main Characters Who “Stop”
Examples of Main Characters Who “Start”
Writing with “Start” and “Stop” Main Characters
Story Point: Main Character Growth
Stories with Main Characters Who Remain Steadfast
Examples of Steadfast Main Characters
Stories with Main Characters Who Change
Examples of Main Characters who Change
Story Point: Main Character Resolve
Characters, Dramatica Style (mp3)
Fried Rice: The Tale of “The Vampire Chronicles”
Natural Born Killers: Guilty As Charged
True Liabilities: A Constructive Criticism of “True Lies”
Jurassic Park: Building A Better Dinosaur
What Determines Plot Progression Sequences?
Domain Placement in Story Structure
Dramatica’s Plot Sequence Report – Deep Theory