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Updates & analysis of all things story. From screenplays to novels to deep theoretical story structure, this podcast is aimed at providing the secrets to great storytelling.
Is the process involved in the analysis of a Dramatica storyform truly objective, or is everyone fooling themselves? Jim answers these quest...
A deep-dive into the two narrative structures driving the classic action/adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark. While many consider Raiders to b...
An in-depth look at the narrative thematics driving these two classic films. For this, our special 64th episode, we explore the storyforms f...
In this episode, we take a look at the key story events that shift a narrative from one contextual Act to the next. In addition, we discuss...
If you want to make meaning out of the meaningless, if you want to ensure that you don't write a pointless story, a Dramatica® storyform ens...
This episode explores the connection between a high score on Rotten Tomatoes, nominations and recognition for great writing, and a complete...
A look at how you can dramatically improve the quality of your storytelling by thinking of the central relationship as a character. I follow...
In this episode, I cover the importance of connecting the Main Character's problem with the Overall Story problem & a method for constructin...
In this episode, we catch up on all things Narrative First from the past three months and kickstart our year of plenty. This includes everyt...
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...
If it sounds like this episode was recorded before Thanksgiving, that’s because it was. Facilitating the initial release of the Narrative Fi...
A great story employs its own unique approach to narrative structure. The Plot Sequence Report found in Dramatica grants writers an insight...
While some maintain that all stories carry the same structure (they don't), these two films actually do share the same exact storyform. Afte...
A guy stuck in a well, The Sixth Sense , and Blade Runner:2049 top the list for this week's in-depth story structure podcast. Everything fro...
In this episode, I wrap up the Dramatica Users Group analysis of Jon Favreau's Jungle Book and then relate some helpful tips when it comes t...
Roll back to the original terminology in order to gain more objectivity in your analysis and writing. That's the best way I know how to supe...
Why do established story gurus find it necessary to prevent progress? The base instinct for survival sometimes overrides rational thought--i...
In this episode, we take a look at Quantum Theory and how it helps to explain how an Author projects a story into existence. You'll want to...
The return of Throughline Thursdays, an unexpected analysis of The Prestige , and an explanation of the difference between a problematic Sit...
This week I discuss a method for Authors to connect the Characters in the story with the mechanics of Plot by crossing over through the fami...
This week I take a gander at Okja and discuss the reasons why many swayed by this film's message ultimately reverted to their old ways. Prop...
Wrapping up the month long discussion on this superhero epic, I explain the purpose of an Influence Character perspective within the context...
Continuing the series on Identifying the Key Story Points of a Narrative, I explain a method for singling out the various perspectives withi...
In this episode, I continue the discussion surrounding Captain America: Civil War focusing this time on the Protagonist and Antagonist of a...
In this podcast, I go into a deep thematic analysis of Logan and Dunkirk , and then begin the first in a series of conversations surrounding...
The second season of story structure and story analysis begins! In this episode, I catch you up on the latest changes to the site and discus...
In addition to wrapping up the events of last month, we showcase two interviews--one with a writer new to Dramatica and the other, with a wr...
Experience writing with us. What happened to the Narrative First podcast? We've actually been writing on several different projects. One a b...
In this second part of our two part series, we continue our introduction to the development of the Dramatica theory of story and Narrative F...
In this episode, we offer an introduction to the development of the Dramatica theory of story and Narrative First. In addition, we dive into...
No matter how hard you try to twist it, James Bond will always be the Protagonist--as long as you accurately account for the drive towards r...
Ready to have complete stories beamed directly into your nervous system? Fear not, Narrative First and Dramatica will be there to help make...
It's one thing to play God when writing a story, but wouldn't it be great if you could see what the major plot points in your story look lik...
In this episode we cover the world's most familiar--and therefore, drabbest and dreariest--story structure. A popular message out of America...
In this episode we make the connection between Arrival and the holistic approach to story structure offered by the Dramatica theory of story...
Welcome back! In this, our first episode of the second season of the Narrative First Podcast, we catch up on all things story structure & st...
In this, our final episode of the 2016 season, we discuss the most important part of any story--the intersection of the objective and subjec...
In this episode, we show you how to take that burning desire within your heart to be heard and apply it to a concrete and solid story struct...
In this episode, we learn how to use the storyform from an inspiring narrative to help define the structure of your own. But first, a roundu...
In this episode we create a brand new category of story by combining Gist Collections from two different Genres. In addition, we take a look...
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 brainst...
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 Zeala...
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 scene...
Our original analysis of Ex Machina relied on subjective interpretation and proved faulty. This updated analysis clears up those issues by t...
In this episode we begin our discussion of deep thematic scene structure through the lens of the Dramatica theory of story. Typically we don...
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 sol...
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...
In this episode, we wrap up our exploration of the Audience Appreciations found in Dramatica by discovering the true nature of the purpose o...
In this episode we cover the tendency of the Main Character's personal problems to either build-up dramatic resistance or facilitate a great...
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 understan...