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Be
a Story Weaver - NOT a Story Mechanic!
How
to Create Great Characters!
Beating
Writer's Block
Heroes
& Villains
Conflict
Can Limit Your Characters
Subplots
Writing
From A Character's Point Of View
Psychoanalyze
Your Story
Constructive
Criticisms
Writing
Characters Of The Opposite Sex
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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