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 Dramtica: The Lost Theory Book

Dramatica: The Lost Theory Book - How Stories Came to Be...

Index of Dramatica Theory Materials

Storymind.com is pleased to present this collection of materials about the Dramatica Theory of Story. We hope you find it both useful and through-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 Melanie Anne Phillips & Chris Huntley originally documented their work.

Dramatica Dictionary
Official definitions of all terms in the Dramatica theory and software.

Dramatica Writing Tips
Useful and informative articles on how to approach and employ both 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 Saldaņa 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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