Narrative First: where story is always king

In this episode we take a look at *Hell or High Water* and then explain how writers can easily predict who will embrace their story and who will run for the hills.

What's more exciting...Narrative First hiring its first employees, or a real world example of the Dramatica theory of story actually predicting the future?! You decide...

Following up last week's conversation regarding what it takes to transform real life into an actual story, we now take time out to cover the first steps you want to take when building that narrative.

In addition to discussing advanced techniques for turning the real world into a full functional narrative, we take time out to discuss all things story with the Head of Story for Disney's upcoming animated feature, Moana--Dave Pimentel.

In this episode we explore the magic behind the Dramatica theory of story and why it worked wonders for the first Star Trek reboot in 2009...so why didn't they use it again for Star Trek:Beyond?

In this episode we look at the differences between *Star Trek* and *Star Wars* from a Dramatica point-of-view; looking at the structural differences in their narratives.

Insight into how to really use Dramatica to increase the level on conflict in every story. Also, an analysis of the *Angry Birds* movie, and follow-up!

In this episode we take a look at two blockbuster comic book movies...without actual stories. Why then did one do better than the other? Also, a recap on last week's *Zootopia* analysis.

First look analysis at Disney's Zootopia and Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins

Main Characters don't grow on their own--they need someone to come along who sees the world in a completely different light. They need an Influence Character.