{"id":5997,"date":"2021-09-16T19:45:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T02:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/?page_id=5997"},"modified":"2021-09-16T19:45:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T02:45:54","slug":"dramatica-a-new-theory-of-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/dramatica-a-new-theory-of-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatica – A New Theory of Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\"Dramatica<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A Free Online Book
on Narrative Structure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developed and Written by
Melanie Anne Phillips
&\u00a0Chris Huntley<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Preface<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dramatica is a revolutionary theory of how and why stories work that can be used to analyze existing stories for flaws and to create original works with flawless structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a free online version of the original book that documented the theory, which became the basis for the Dramatica line of software products that implement the theory to help authors keep their stories structurally sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally introduced in 1994, both the theory and software have been used on countless best selling novels, motion pictures with collective box office receipts of billions of dollars, and in all media from short stories to stage plays to interactive fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning in 2010, the theory and software have been used extensively in real world applications of narrative, successfully predicting the behavior of terrorist groups, identifying the trigger points of lone wolf terrorists, and in the corporate world on projects ranging from establishing a group identity for a professional sports team to connecting a manufacturer of luxury cars with Millennial customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here you will find a complete documentation of the nature, origin and function of narrative, both in fiction and the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dramatica:
A New Theory Of Story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How This Book Is Arranged<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION 1: THE ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I. Dramatica & the Creative Writer<\/a>

II. Foundations: Central Concepts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n