Dramatica Story Development Software has many powerful tools for creating and developing characters. This video clip provides an introduction to all of them. Not only will this help you if you use Dramatica, but even if you don’t the concepts of character by themselves will open new creative opportunities. Try before you buy…
The Dramatica Table of Story Elements is really a model of the mind. Twisting and turning it represents the kinds of stress (and experience) we encounter in everyday life. Sometimes things get wound up as tight as they can – so tight they get snarled and can’t loosen up on their own. And this is […]
A writer recently asked, do the Dramatica software and theory support multiple protagonists (several people trying to achieve the goal for themselves)? First, the short answer is yes, Dramatica supports that. But there’s more. Here’s the long answer (bear with me here as the following should really open up some new ways of looking at […]
My response to a Dramatica user who had questions about using Dramatica Theory for creating narratives for interactive fiction: Here’s the gist of using Dramatica for IF (we have made a number of presentations on this to various companies over the years, but never resulting in a contract for consulting, as of yet). At the […]
Quick answer: You can copy and paste text from any Word document into any question in Dramatica. But, having said that, there is no reason to import a complete story or Word document into Dramatica. Dramatica is not a word processor and it doesn’t “read” your story. In fact, you aren’t supposed to write creatively […]
Introduction To understand story structure we must understand writers, for it is they who created it. Story structure represents our quest for truth and meaning. In this regard, it reflects the structure of music and art as well. What’s more, as story structure transcends language and culture, it illuminates the mental processes involved in that […]
Download a free copy of the Dramatica Graphic Novel in PDF format, based on the theory of story I co-created at http://storymind.com/free-downloads/dramaticomic.pdf
For you theory groupies, here’s a drawing I did back in 1991 or so to help Chris and myself get a better understanding of what quads really were and how they related to one another in a fractal manner.
A streaming video tutorial of the Dramatica Pro Help System is now available! The Help System Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Software Tutorial Part 3 – Theory Tutorial
Click on the links to see streaming video demonstrations of the StoryGuide: The Story Guide Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Navigation Part 3 – The HelpView System Part 4 – Answering Questions Part 5 – HelpView in Action Part 6 – Answering Structural Questions Part 7 – Answering Storytelling Questions Part 8 – Creating Scenes or Chapters Part 9 – Avoiding Story […]