Narrative First: where story is always king

In this episode we show how you can come up with a compelling and meaningful story in less than two hours using Dramatica's powerful brainstorming tools.

In this episode we take you step-by-step through a deep thematic analysis of *The Dark Horse*--a tremendous independent film out of New Zealand.

In this episode not only do we cover how to successfully analyze a story with Dramatica, but we also look into four different kinds of scenes found in the psycho-technological thriller *Ex Machina*.

Our original analysis of *Ex Machina* relied on subjective interpretation and proved faulty. This updated analysis clears up those issues by taking an objective point-of-view of the film's narrative.

In this episode we begin our discussion of deep thematic scene structure through the lens of the Dramatica theory of story.

This week we shorten things up a bit and take a look at one story point: the Main Character Approach. Does your Main Character prefer to solve problems externally or internally?

In order to wind up the dramatic potential for a story, an Author must answer eight essential questions. In this episode, we cover the first two ingredients of an effective narrative.

We wrap up our exploration of the Audience Appreciations found in Dramatica by discovering the true nature of the purpose of narrative.

In this episode we cover the tendency of the Main Character's personal problems to either build-up dramatic resistance or facilitate a greater flow throughout the story.

In this episode we take a look at the Audience Appreciation known as Essence and search for a new way to define it that is easy to understand for writers new to Dramatica.