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Dramatica Theory Home Page
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Hi, I'm Melanie Anne Phillips, co-creator of Dramatica.
I'm pleased to present this collection of materials about the Dramatica Theory
of Story. I hope you find it both useful and thought-provoking.
This information is divided into three sections:
The Dramatica Theory
A complete exploration of the theory in every detail
Historic Documents
The development of Dramatica from the beginning
Speculations
Dramatica applied to psychology, physics, religion and more
The
Dramatica Theory
Dramatica Theory
Book Online
Free online edition of the 400+ page book, Dramatica: A New
theory of Story, in which Chris Huntley and I originally documented our work.
Dramatica
Theory Book (pdf)
A complete explanation of how story structure
really works.
Dramatica
Classes
Transcripts of a series of "Chat
Room" style online classes in Dramatica theory.
Dramatica
Classes in Streaming Video
Explaining the key concepts and feature of
Dramatica theory & software and how to apply them.
Dramatica
Theory Audio Program
A free four hour program in mp3 format
covering characters, plot, theme and Dramatica Basics.
Scientific
Article on the Dramatica Theory (pdf)
In depth (very dense) description of the
science behind the theory
Original
Dramatica Story Structure Chart (pdf)
Pintable chart of Dramatica's Story Elements
- completely accurate to the theory
Revised
Dramatica Story Structure Chart (pdf)
Using more conversational language - not as
accurate but more accessible
Dramatica
Comic Book (pdf)
Graphic Novel conversational overview of the
Dramatica Theory
The
12 Essential Questions Every Writer Should Answer
Transcripts of a series of "Chat
Room" style online classes in Dramatica theory.
Dramatica
Dictionary
Official definitions of all terms in the Dramatica
theory and software.
Constructive
Criticisms
Practical illustrations of how applying the Dramatica
theory could have made some well-known successful story's even better!
Dramatica
Q & A
Answers to questions from users of the Dramatica Theory
and Software.
Instant
Dramatica
Even more directly practical essays on using Dramatica
for real-world writing situations and problems provided by noted screenwriter
Armando Saldaña Mora.
Historic
Documents
Dramatica
- The Lost Theory Book
Early attempts to document the theory, including many
unfinished conjectures and false starts.
Dramatica
Development Archives
Early documents created during the development of the
foundations of Dramatica. Often later discarded, they show the roots of
the thinking that ultimately evolved into the theory as it stands today.
Speculations
Deep Theory
Transcript of a class on the outer fringes of Dramatica
Theory I taught as part of a now-defunct Dramatica Certification course.
Dramatica
Math
A mathematician takes a stab at describing the Dramatica
model in terms of dimensional distortions.
Mental
Relativity
An exploration of the theory of psychology modeling
which grew out of the development of Dramatica.
Dramatica
I Ching
Several of our users have noticed a similarity between
the character grid in Dramatica and the elements of the traditional I Ching.
Though unintentional, perhaps all models that look deeply into the mind will
resemble each other.
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About Dramatica and
StoryWeaver
Hi, I'm Melanie Anne Phillips,
creator of StoryWeaver,
co-creator of Dramatica
and owner of Storymind.com. If you have a moment, I'd like to tell you
about these two story development tools - what each is designed to do, how
each works alone on a different part of story development and how they can be
used together to cover the entire process from concept to completion of your
novel or screenplay.
What They Do
Dramatica is a tool to help you
build a perfect story structure. StoryWeaver is a tool to help you build
your story's world.
Dramatica focuses on the underlying
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passion to your story.
How They Do It
Dramatica has the world's only
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questions about your dramatic intent, then finds any weaknesses in your
structure and even suggests the best ways to strengthen them.
StoryWeaver uses a revolutionary new
creative format as you follow more than 200 Story Cards™ step by step through
the story development process. You'll design the people who'll inhabit
your story's world, what happens to them, and what it all means.
How They Work Alone
By itself Dramatic appeals to
structural writers who like to work out all the details of their stories
logically before they write a word.
By itself, StoryWeaver appeals to
intuitive writers who like to follow their Muse and develop their stories as
they go.
How They Work
Together
But, the finished work of a
structural writer can often lack passion, which is where StoryWeaver can help.
And the finished work of an intuitive writer can often lack direction, which is
where Dramatica can help.
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