Dramatica Audio Program

A Four Hour Audio Program on Story Structure

This 43 part audio program is presented by Dramatica co-creators, Melanie Anne Phillips & Chris Huntley.  Recorded during a live seminar, the program not only includes Chris & Melanie’s approach to story structure but includes their responses to student’s questions as well.

Volume One – Dramatica Basics

Part 1 – Introduction

Part 2 – The Story Mind

Part 3 – Story Perspectives

Part 4 – The 12 Essential Questions

Part 5 – The Obstacle Character

Part 6 – James Bond & Character Change

Part 7 –  Character Growth

Part 8 – Direction of Character Growth

Part 9 – Is Your Main Character a Do-er or Be-er?

Part 10 – What Is Your Main Character’s Mental Sex?

Part 11 – Your Plot – Action or Decision?

Part 12 – Your Plot – Time Lock or Option Lock?

Part 13 – Your Plot – Success or Failure?

Part 14 – Positioning Your Reader/Audience

Part 15 – The Four “Classes” of Stories

Part 16 – Your Story’s “Concern” and “Range”

Part 17 – Curing Your Story’s Disease

Volume Two – Characters

Part 1 – Characters and the Story Mind

Part 2 – Two Perspectives of Characters

Part 3 – Four Points of View of Your Characters

Part 4 – Your Protagonist Does Not Have to Be Your Main Character

Part 5 – Should Your Main Character Change?

Part 6 – Should Your Main Character Start or Stop?

Part 7 – What is Your Main Character’s Approach?

Part 8  – Defining Male and Female Mental Sex

Part 9 – Archetypes – How the Dramatica Theory was Created

Part 10 – Archetypes in Star Wars

Part 11 – Internal and External Elements of Archetypes

Part 12 – Writing with Four Dimensional Characters

Part 13 – Complex Characters

Part 14 – Objective and Subjective Characters

Volume Three – Plot

Part 1 – What is Plot?

Part 2 – Plot vs. StoryWeaving

Part 3 – Justifications, Problems and Inequities

Part 4 – Levels of Justification

Part 5 – Characters and Their Justifications

Part 6 – Fore Story, Back Story and Justification

Part 7 – Character Growth and Plot

Part 8 – Context, Bias and Story Structure

Part 9 – Plot Progression: Signposts & Journeys

Part 10 – Acts in Television Programs

Part 11 – Pair Relationships in Plot

Part 12 – The Elements of a Scene

Bonus Tracks:

Characters, Dramatica Style

Be a StoryWeaver – NOT a Story Mechanic!