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& Genre
Writer's
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* Story
Structure * Storytelling
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A
Constructive Criticism of "True Lies"
A New
Approach to Genre
A
Novelist's Bag of Tricks
A
Screenwriter's Bag of Tricks
A
Story is an Argument
A Story
is an Argument (video version)
A Story's
Limit
A
Tale is a Statement
A Tale is
a Statement (video version)
A
Talk on Dramatica
About
Dramatica's Learning Curve
Admit
it, Mr. Crichton...
All About
Using Narrators in Your Story
Antagonist
vs. Obstacle Character
Archetypal
Breakdown (Deep Dramatica Theory)
Audience
"Reach"
Avant-Garde
Vs. Dramatica?
Avoiding
the Genre Trap
Bad Story
Structure is No Joke
Be a
Story Weaver - NOT a Story Mechanic!
Blowing
the Story Bubble
Both
Sides of the Thematic Argument
Can You
Skip Questions in Dramatica?
Character
Arc 101
Character
Development Tricks!
Character
Justifications
Character
Relationships Baselines
Characters
- The Attributes of Age
Characters'
Personal Goals
Coming
Apart at the Theme
Comparing
Writing Software Paradigms
Conflict
Can Limit Your Characters
Creating
Characters from Plot
Creating
Characters from Scratch
Creating
Extra Tension with Consequences
Creativity
vs. Dramatica
Do
Dramatica’s Specific Questions Limit Story Richness?
Do-er and
Be-er Characters
Does
Dramatica Limit Your Story?
Don't
Forget the Requirements
Dramatica
- The Answer to All Your Troubles (Part 1)
Dramatica
- The Answer to All Your Troubles (Part 2)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 1)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 10)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 11)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 12)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 2)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 3)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 4)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 5)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 6)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 7)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 8)
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book (Part 9)
Dramatica
Domain Placement in Story Structure
Dramatica
for Structural vs. Intuitive Writers.htm
Dramatica
Software - Assigning Character Elements
Dramatica
Software - Character Purposes
Dramatica
Visits South Park
Dramatica:
Where'd the Idea Come From?
Dramatica’s
"New Language" of Story
Dramatica’s
Terminology is Too Obscure!
Dramatica's
Plot Sequence Report (Deep Theory)
Dramatica's
Split Personality
Elements
of Structure - Art of Storytelling
Finding
Inspiration for Writing
Finding
Your "Creative Time"
Fire Your
Protagonist
Four
Essential Plot Points
Fried
Rice: The Tale of "The Vampire Chronicles"
Genre -
Revealing Your Story's Personality
Genre-
Act by Act
Henny
Youngman? Meet Dramatica!
Heroes
and Villains
How Male
and Female Characters Think
How
Scenes Relate to Dramatica's Story Elements
How
StoryWeaver Came to Be
How to
Beat Writer's Block
How to
Tell if your Story’s Structure (Storyform) is Right
How to
Write Heroes
How to
Write Villains
I, Main
Character
Illegal
Plot Progressions
Inside
the Story Mind
Introducing
Characters - First Impressions
Introducing
the Story Mind
Introducing
the Story Mind (video version)
Is
"Objective" Character the Same As "Obstacle" Character?
Is
Dramatica Software Binary?
Jurassic
Park - Building A Better Dinosaur
Keep
Your Protagonist Human
Love
Interests and the Dramatica Triangle
Main Character "Approach" - Do-er or Be-er?
Main Character "Growth" - Start or Stop?
Main Character "Resolve" - Change or
Steadfast?
Main Character "Style" - Logic or
Intuition?
Male vs.
Female Problem Solving
Men Are
From Mars - Women Are From Next Tuesday
Mental
Sex - The Truth About Cats and Dogs
Natural
Born Killers: A Constructive Criticism
On
Archetypes
Origins
of a Story
Overall Story Concern
Overall Story Issue
Overall Story Problem
Overall
Story Throughline
Pen,
Pencil or Quill?
Plot
Holes
Plot vs.
Exposition
Premise
Leads to Lack of Conflict
Psychoanalyze
Your Story
Revealing
Your Goal
Screenwriting
101
Sine,
Cosine, & Dramatica
Slicing
and Dicing Stories
South
Park Revisited by Dramatica
Story "Driver" - Action or Decision?
Story "Judgment" - Good or Bad?
Story "Limit" - Time Lock or Option Lock?
Story "Outcome" - Success or Failure?
Story
Perspective
Story
Structure for Passionate Writers
Story
Structure vs. Storytelling
Structure
vs. Passion
Subplots
Success
or Failure?
The
"Grand Argument" Story
The
"Nonsense Technique" for Overcoming Writer's Block
The 12
Essential Questions - Main Character Resolve
The 12
Essential Questions – Overview
The
12 Essential Questions Every Writer Should Answer
The
Archetypal Characters - Protagonist and Antagonist
The
Chemistry of Characters
The
Collective Goal
The Core
of Your Protagonist
The
Creative Way to Use Dramatica
The
Dangers of Micromanaging Your Story
The
Dramatica Chart
The
Dramatica Chart (video version)
The
Dramatica Structure - Elements
The
Dramatica Structure - Elements & Variations
The
Dramatica Theory
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 1
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 2
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 3
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 4
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 5
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 6
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 7
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 8
The Dramatica Theory and Software - Class 9
The Four
Throughlines - Part 1
The Four
Throughlines - Part 2
The Hero
Breaks Down
The Love
Interest
The
Objective Throughline is a Battlefield
The
Preconscious
The
Quad: Dramatica’s Steering Wheel?
The
Secret "OC" Wars
The Story
Mind
The
Writer's Notebook
THE XX
AND XY FILES
Theme -
An Emotional Argument
Things as
Characters
Throughlines
- and How to Use Them!
Tips on Writing Characters
Tricking
the Muse: the Creativity "Two-Step"
Types of
Character Growth
Understanding
the Main Character
Using
Dramatica for Short Stories
Using
Dramatica's Plot Sequence Report
What
Determines Plot Progression Sequences?
What
Does Dramatica Mean by the Word Illustrate?
What Is
Dramatica?
What is
Story Structure?
What is
the Best Way for a New User to Approach Dramatica?
What is
the Worst Part of Writing for You Personally?
What's
in Acts One, Two and Three?
What's in
Your Story's Mind?
Where to
Start - Story Engine, Theme Browser, Query System?
Why a
"Story Mind" ?
Why Does
Dramatica Keep Harping on Problem Solving?
Work
Stories vs. Dilemma Stories
Writing Characters of the Opposite Sex
(class transcript)
Writing
Characters of the Opposite Sex
(article)
Writing
from a Character's Point of View
Writing
from the Passionate Self
Writing
Remakes
Yes, but
is it a Plot?
You Got
Me! (Both of Us!)
Your
Plot, Step by Step
Your
Story as a Person
Z
Patterns & the Theme Browser
Z
Patterns in the Dramatica Structure
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