Is the process involved in the analysis of a Dramatica storyform truly objective, or is everyone fooling themselves? Jim answers these questions as well as giving an update on our app, Subtext.

A deep-dive into the two narrative structures driving the classic action/adventure *Raiders of the Lost Ark.*

An in-depth look at the narrative thematics driving these two classic films.

In this episode, we take a look at the key story events that shift a narrative from one contextual Act to the next.

A Dramatica storyform ensures that what you have to say promises purpose and a reason for the audience to listen.

My experience of being able to predict the specific structural items of an Oscar-nominated film while it was running.

A look at how you can dramatically improve the quality of your storytelling by thinking of the central relationship as a character.

In this episode, I cover the importance of connecting the Main Character's problem with the Overall Story problem & a method for constructing the Narrative Argument of your story.

In this episode, we catch up on all things Narrative First from the past three months and kickstart our year of plenty.

In this, the final--and most epic--episode of Season 2, I finish off the initial development of my story and introduce the various features of the new Narrative First Atomizer.