2018: The Year of Abundance
02/20/18 • 65 min
In this episode, we catch up on all things Narrative First from the past three months and kickstart our year of plenty. This includes everything from updates to the Narrative First Atomizer, new Dramatica analyses, the site redesign, building an animated television series, developing a complete story from scratch, and the biggest update to the podcast...
...transcriptions!
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Deliberate Storytelling is a practice whereby the Author creates with intent and purpose. Collaborate with a story expert today and start down the path towards finally writing and finishing your story.
Show Notes & Links
- Dramatica Theory Book free & online and available to you right now!
- Narrative First Analyses literally hundreds & hundreds of story structure analyses from a Dramatica point-of-view
- Dr. Strangelove analysis satire with no story
- Boardwalk Empire: Season One storyform the first ever Dramatica analysis of an entire season of television
- Columbus storyform beautifully sublime film with a solid story as its foundation
- Narrative Arguments a sneak peek at this new revolutionary feature found within the Narrative First Atomizer
- Storyform Connections a look at a quick & fun way to find stories with similar structures
- The Florida Project an engaging film that almost tells a complete story
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women an engaging film that tells a complete story with confidence
- The Throughlines of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women a visualization of this film's narrative structure
- Not Your Usual Approach to Developing Stories in-depth article on using the Atomizer to quickly find the structure of your story
- Dramatica: The Journey Towards a Better Understanding of Story a look into the importance of keeping things accurate
- Unravelling the Story Structure of Tangled: The Series discover the narrative thematics that propel this show
Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace.
In this episode, we catch up on all things Narrative First from the past three months and kickstart our year of plenty. This includes everything from updates to the Narrative First Atomizer, new Dramatica analyses, the site redesign, building an animated television series, developing a complete story from scratch, and the biggest update to the podcast...
...transcriptions!
You can read the entire transcription of this episode here.
Register for the Narrative First Atomizer here
Deliberate Storytelling is a practice whereby the Author creates with intent and purpose. Collaborate with a story expert today and start down the path towards finally writing and finishing your story.
Show Notes & Links
- Dramatica Theory Book free & online and available to you right now!
- Narrative First Analyses literally hundreds & hundreds of story structure analyses from a Dramatica point-of-view
- Dr. Strangelove analysis satire with no story
- Boardwalk Empire: Season One storyform the first ever Dramatica analysis of an entire season of television
- Columbus storyform beautifully sublime film with a solid story as its foundation
- Narrative Arguments a sneak peek at this new revolutionary feature found within the Narrative First Atomizer
- Storyform Connections a look at a quick & fun way to find stories with similar structures
- The Florida Project an engaging film that almost tells a complete story
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women an engaging film that tells a complete story with confidence
- The Throughlines of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women a visualization of this film's narrative structure
- Not Your Usual Approach to Developing Stories in-depth article on using the Atomizer to quickly find the structure of your story
- Dramatica: The Journey Towards a Better Understanding of Story a look into the importance of keeping things accurate
- Unravelling the Story Structure of Tangled: The Series discover the narrative thematics that propel this show
Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace.
Previous Episode
The Narrative First Atomizer
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.
But first I kick things off with an analysis of Thor:Ragnarök--NOTE: in the episode I inaccurately assess the Story Outcome as Success. Clearly the efforts to reach the Overall Story Goal--Saving Asgard from Ragnarök--fail. Switching this Story Dynamic also changes the Relationship Story Throughline Problem and Solution. The Atomizer link below presents an accurate and updated account of the storyform.
Listener mail paves the way for an extended discussion about the Crucial Elements, particularly in regards to a Steadfast Main Character. I finish off my first pass of The Red Lake by briefly outlining the Main Character, Influence Character, and Relationship Story Throughlines. And finally, I cover all the features of the Narrative First Atomizer--a brand new service that sheds light on the elements of story structure.
Register for the Narrative First Atomizer here
See you next year!
Deliberate Storytelling is a practice whereby the Author creates with intent and purpose. Collaborate with a story expert today and start down the path towards finally writing and finishing your story.
Show Notes & Links
- Thor: Ragnarök analysis in the Atomizer an up-close and detailed look at the story structure of this film
- The Throughlines of Thor: Ragnarök a visual representation of the story's major thematic elements
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople analysis in the Atomizer as promised, the updated storyform for this film
- The Throughlines of Hunt for the Wilderpeople as found in the original Throughline Thursdays feature
- The Crucial Element archives everything you ever wanted to know about this important ingredient of story
- The Red Lake a live link to the outline for this story developed during this and the previous podcast
Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace. You can hear this episode's opening theme here: World Opening
Next Episode
Connecting the Main Character to the Overall Story
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. The former explains the difference between an OK story and an amazing story; all the great narratives of the past take this approach of pitting subjective vs. objec tive. The latter is helpful in determining the narrative drive of a story and keeping you on track with your story's purpose.
You can read the entire transcription of this episode here.
Register for the Narrative First Atomizer here
Deliberate Storytelling is a practice whereby the Author creates with intent and purpose. Collaborate with a story expert today and start down the path towards finally writing and finishing your story.
Show Notes & Links
- Seth Godin's new podcast Akimbo inspiring new podcast from the guy who tends to inspire
- Problems of Character Reflected in Story read how to find resonance between the Main Character and the Overall Story throughlines
- Enough Said storyform
- Mother storyform
- Lady Bird storyform
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel storyform
- Dramatica Makes Things Harder it really does
- Building a Narrative Argument read how to construct one of your own using key storypoints from a Dramatica storyform
Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace.
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