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Be a Story Weaver -
NOT a Story Mechanic!
How
to Create Great Characters!
Character Arc 101
A Screenwriter's Bag
of Tricks
A Novelist's Bag of
Tricks
Heroes and Villains
Avoiding the Genre
Trap
Screenwriting 101
Blowing the Story
Bubble
Conflict Can Limit
Your Characters
Creating Characters
from Plot
The Dramatica Theory
Fire Your Protagonist
Work Stories vs.
Dilemma Stories
Using Dramatica for
Short Stories
Do Dramatica’s
Specific Questions Limit Story Richness?
Writing Characters of
the Opposite Sex
The Creative Way to
Use Dramatica
Introducing the Story
Mind
All About Using
Narrators in Your Story
Love Interests and
the Dramatic Triangle
Elements
of Structure - Art of Storytelling
The Objective
Throughline is a Battlefield
How Scenes Relate to
Dramatica's Story Elements
Character
Relationships Baselines
The Secret "OC"
Wars
The 12 Essential
Questions - Main Character Resolve
"Illegal"
Plot Progressions
Comparing Writing
Software Paradigms
Your Story as a
Person
Theme - An Emotional
Argument
Characters' Personal
Goals
How StoryWeaver Came
to Be
On Archetypes
The Quad: Dramatica’s
Steering Wheel?
Success or Failure?
The Story Mind
How Male and Female
Characters Think
Bad Story Structure
is No Joke
Dramatica Software -
Character Purposes
Fried Rice: The Tale
of "The Vampire Chronicles"
Tricking the Muse:
the Creativity "Two-Step"
Z Patterns & the
Theme Browser
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 12)
Admit it, Mr.
Crichton...
Archetypal Breakdown
(Deep Dramatica Theory)
Four Essential Plot
Points
The Four Throughlines
- Part 2
Men Are From Mars -
Women Are From Next Tuesday
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 6)
Plot vs. Exposition
Jurassic Park -
Building A Better Dinosaur
How to Tell if your
Story’s Structure (Storyform) is Right
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 9)
Where to Start -
Story Engine, Theme Browser, Query System?
Story Perspective
What Is Dramatica?
Genre- Act by Act
The Chemistry of
Characters
Writing from a
Character's Point of View
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 3)
Sine, Cosine, &
Dramatica
Does Dramatica Limit
Your Story?
Types of Character
Growth
Dramatica for
Structural vs. Intuitive Writers.htm
Origins of a Story
How to Write Heroes
Dramatica Visits
South Park
Coming Apart at the
Theme
Z Patterns in the
Dramatica Structure
What's in Acts One,
Two and Three?
Avant-Garde Vs.
Dramatica?
Using Dramatica's
Plot Sequence Report
The Four Throughlines
- Part 1
The Preconscious
Creating Characters
from Scratch
Tips
on Writing Characters
Antagonist vs.
Obstacle Character
"Premise"
Leads to Lack of Conflict
Don't Forget the
Requirements
How to Beat Writer's
Block
Understanding the
Main Character
I, Main Character
The Dramatica
Structure - Elements
The Core of Your
Protagonist
The Writer's Notebook
Dramatica Software -
Assigning Character Elements
Dramatica: Where'd the
Idea Come From?
The Hero Breaks Down
What's in Your
Story's Mind?
Is Dramatica
Software Binary?
Revealing Your Goal
Finding Inspiration
for Writing
Dramatica - The
Answer to All Your Troubles (Part 1)
The 12 Essential
Questions – Overview
Subplots
The "Grand
Argument" Story
Is
"Objective" Character the Same As "Obstacle"
Character?
Audience
"Reach"
A Story is an
Argument
Yes, but is it a
Plot?
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 7)
A Constructive
Criticism of "True Lies"
Dramatica Domain
Placement in Story Structure
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 10)
Can You Skip
Questions in Dramatica?
THE XX AND XY FILES
Dramatica's Split
Personality
Genre - Revealing
Your Story's Personality
The Dramatica Chart
The Love Interest
Writing from the
Passionate Self
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 4)
What is the Worst
Part of Writing for You Personally?
The Dangers of
Micromanaging Your Story
Psychoanalyze Your
Story
About Dramatica's
Learning Curve
Pen, Pencil or Quill?
Character Development
Tricks!
Both Sides of the
Thematic Argument
Dramatica’s
"New Language" of Story
Your Plot, Step by
Step
Story Structure for
Passionate Writers
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 1)
Why a "Story
Mind" ?
Why Does Dramatica
Keep Harping on Problem Solving?
The Archetypal
Characters - Protagonist and Antagonist
"Things" as
Characters
A New Approach to
Genre
Inside the Story Mind
How to Write Villains
Creating Extra
Tension with Consequences
Plot Holes
The Dramatica
Structure - Elements & Variations
Keep Your
Protagonist Human
South Park Revisited
by Dramatica
A Story's Limit
Character
Justifications
Slicing and Dicing
Stories
Characters - The
Attributes of Age
Writing Remakes
Dramatica's Plot
Sequence Report (Deep Theory)
Creativity vs.
Dramatica
The
"Collective" Goal
Finding Your
"Creative Time"
Dramatica - The
Answer to All Your Troubles (Part 2)
What is Story
Structure?
The Collective Goal
The "Nonsense
Technique" for Overcoming Writer's Block
Do-er and Be-er
Characters
A Tale is a Statement
Male vs. Female
Problem Solving
Throughlines - and
How to Use Them!
Natural Born
Killers: A Constructive Criticism
What Determines Plot
Progression Sequences?
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 11)
Henny Youngman? Meet
Dramatica!
Revealing Your Goal
Mental Sex - The
Truth About Cats and Dogs
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 5)
You Got Me! (Both of
Us!)
What Does Dramatica
Mean by the Word Illustrate?
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 8)
What is the Best Way
for a New User to Approach Dramatica?
Structure vs. Passion
Story Structure vs.
Storytelling
Dramatica’s
Terminology is Too Obscure!
Introducing
Characters - First Impressions
Dramatica - The Lost
Theory Book (Part 2)
A
Talk on Dramatica
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Character
Tips
How
to Create Great Characters!
Heroes
& Villains
Conflict
Can Limit Your Characters
To
Change, or NOT to Change...
Psychoanalyze
Your Story
On
Archetypes
Love
Interests & the Dramatic Triangle
The
Chemistry of Characters
Writing
from a Character's Point of View
Writing
Characters of the Opposite Sex
What's
Your Character's Purpose?
Subjective
Characters
Main
Character "Resolve"
I,
Main Character
"I,
Freudius"
The
XX and XY Files
Character
Justification
Which
archetypes are usually the Main and Obstacle Characters?
Is
the Emotion Archetype most often the Love Interest and Obstacle Character?
Can
a do-er change to a be-er over the course of the story?
Defining
the Main Character in stories with multiple narrators
Dramatica
Visits South Park
South
Park Revisited
Mental
Sexplanation
Character
Elements and Theme
Emotion
Archetype as the Obstacle Character
Is
Objective Character the same as Obstacle character?
Noa's
Archetypes
Problems
and Dilemmas
Natural
Born Killers: Guilty as (Sin) Charged
Fried
Rice: The Tale of the Vampire Chronicles
Dramatica
and Problem Solving
True
Liabilities
How
characters, plot, and theme interrelate
From the Dramatica Theory Book:
Chapter
3: INTRODUCTION TO CHARACTERS
Chapter
4: Objective Characters
Chapter
5: Drivers and Passengers
Chapter
6: Character Elements intro
Chapter
7: 16 Character Motivation Elements
Chapter
8: Complex Characters in Gone With the Wind
Chapter
9: Complex Characters in Rear Window
Chapter
10: Other Character Dimensions
Chapter
11: Character Problem Solving and Justification
Chapter
21: Storytelling and Character Dynamics
Chapter
27: Storytelling and Encoding Objective Characters
Chapter
28: Storytelling and Encoding Subjective Characters
From Dramatica: The "Lost" Theory Book
The
Lost Theory Book: New Methodology Archetypes
The
Lost Theory Book: New Evaluation Archetypes
The
Lost Theory Book: New Purpose Archetypes
Plot
Tips
Plot
Holes
Subplots
A
Story's "Limit"
How
characters, plot, and theme interrelate
True
Liabilities
Illegal
Plot Progressions
Tips
from Dramatica Users - Encoding Signposts & Journeys
Storytelling
and Encoding Plot
Tips
from Dramatica Users - "Avoid getting lost in Storyweaving"
Storyweaving
Tips
How
to tell when your storyform is right
Dramatica
Visits South Park
How
do you apply Dramatica to short stories?
The
XX and XY Files
The
Answer to All Your Troubles (Part 1)
The
Answer to All Your Troubles (Part 2)
Dramatica3
Dramatica
Letter #4
Letters
to Dramatica
Storyweaving
and Storytelling
Jurassic
Park: Building A Better Dinosaur
From the Dramatica Theory Book
Chapter
16: Plot vs. Storyweaving
Chapter
17:Plot Appreciations
Chapter
18: The Progression of Plot
Chapter
20: Section Two: The Art of Storytelling: Introduction
Chapter
22: Storytelling and Plot Dynamics
Chapter
23: Storytelling and Storyforming Structural Appreciations
Chapter
24: Storytelling and Plot Appreciations
From Dramatica: The Lost Theory
Book
Dramatica:
The Lost Theory Book - How Stories Came to Be...
Theme Tips
Theme:
An Emotional Argument
Storytelling
and Encoding Theme
How
characters, plot, and theme interrelate
Character
Elements and Theme
True
Liabilities
From the Dramatica Theory Book
Chapter
11: Deep Theory: Problem Solving and Justification
Chapter
12: The Elements of Structure: Theme
Chapter
13: Domain Descriptions
Chapter
15: Deep Theme Theory
Chapter
25: Storytelling and Thematic Appreciations
From Dramatica: The Lost Theory
Book
Dramatica:
The Lost Theory Book - Theme
Genre
Tips
A
New Approach to Genre
How
does Dramatica deal with Genre?
Storytelling
and Encoding Genre
Tips
from Dramatica Users - "Avoid getting lost in Storyweaving"
How
to tell when your storyform is right
How
do you apply Dramatica to short stories?
The
Answer to All Your Troubles (Part 2)
Dramatica
Theory Book - Chapter 38
Storyweaving
Tips
From the Dramatica Theory Book
Chapter
19: Elements of Structure: Genre
Dramatica
Software Tips
What
Is Dramatica?
The
Creative Way to Use Dramatica
Dramatica
for structural or passionate writers
How
to Tell if Your Story's Structure is Right
Does
Dramatica Limit Your Story?
Where
to Start
The
Dangers of Micromanging Your Story
Is
Dramatica Binary?
Dramatica's
12 Essential Questions - Overview
Main
Character Resolve
Introduction
to the Dramatica Structure Chart
The
Dramatica Structure - Elements
Dramatica's
Split Personality: Theory or Software
Dramatica
Q & A
(Answers to
writers' and users' questions about the Dramatica theory and software.)
NOTE:
Most of these require some previous knowledge of Dramatic Theory,
Dramatica:
A New Theory of Story.
An Overview
of Dramatica
Character
Genre
Storyforming
Storyencoding
Dramatica
Software Tips
The
Psychology of Story
Tips
from Dramatica Users
Comments from
Writers
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