Finding Inspiration for Nanowrimo Within a Great Story
11/18/16 • 26 min
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 roundup of this month's Dramatica analysis of Spotlight, and an insight into how to run a story room in order to effectively get everyone to come to a consensus as to the most important story point in a narrative--the Main Character Resolve.
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Show Notes & Links
- Dramatica Users Group the monthly gathering of Dramatica story experts and newbies looking to better understand this complicated and wonderful theory of story
- Spotlight Analysis the home page for the official deep thematic analysis of the Academy Award-winning film, Spotlight
- Discuss Dramatica the official discussion board for all things Dramatica
- Spotlight Discussion on Discuss Dramatica original discussion earlier this year concerning the Main Character and Influence Character from the film
- When the Main Character is Not the Protagonist an article covering the important difference between these two aspects of narrative
- How to Tell if Your main Character Faces Overwhelming or Surmountable Odds our article from earlier this year describe the Audience Appreciation of Essence and how it defines how dramatic tension feels to an Audience
- Main Character Resolve the key story point to every meaningful narrative. Does the Main Character's worldview Change or does it Remain Steadfast?
- Creating a Story From Scratch for Nanowrimo our first in a series of articles showing how writers can use Dramatica's powerful Gist feature to create original and unique stories
- Brainstorming a Brand New Genre for Nanowrimo the second article in the same series showing how writers can combine Gist Collections to create something truly memorable (and insane!)
- Become a Narrative First Member! Want exclusive access to our Gist Collections and Storyforming Series video tutorials? Become a member and start accelerating your understanding of Dramatica today
Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace
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 roundup of this month's Dramatica analysis of Spotlight, and an insight into how to run a story room in order to effectively get everyone to come to a consensus as to the most important story point in a narrative--the Main Character Resolve.
Remember, you can always Ask Us a Question we answer everything, or Leave a Voicemail click the microphone button and leave a message after the beep.
Show Notes & Links
- Dramatica Users Group the monthly gathering of Dramatica story experts and newbies looking to better understand this complicated and wonderful theory of story
- Spotlight Analysis the home page for the official deep thematic analysis of the Academy Award-winning film, Spotlight
- Discuss Dramatica the official discussion board for all things Dramatica
- Spotlight Discussion on Discuss Dramatica original discussion earlier this year concerning the Main Character and Influence Character from the film
- When the Main Character is Not the Protagonist an article covering the important difference between these two aspects of narrative
- How to Tell if Your main Character Faces Overwhelming or Surmountable Odds our article from earlier this year describe the Audience Appreciation of Essence and how it defines how dramatic tension feels to an Audience
- Main Character Resolve the key story point to every meaningful narrative. Does the Main Character's worldview Change or does it Remain Steadfast?
- Creating a Story From Scratch for Nanowrimo our first in a series of articles showing how writers can use Dramatica's powerful Gist feature to create original and unique stories
- Brainstorming a Brand New Genre for Nanowrimo the second article in the same series showing how writers can combine Gist Collections to create something truly memorable (and insane!)
- Become a Narrative First Member! Want exclusive access to our Gist Collections and Storyforming Series video tutorials? Become a member and start accelerating your understanding of Dramatica today
Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace
Previous Episode
Trolls, Hacksaw Ridge, & Brainstorming a Brand New Genre
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 at Dreamworks' animated film Trolls and Mel Gibson's first film in ten years, Hacksaw Ridge. One is fun and functionally broken, one is moving and solidly structured. Care to guess which is which?
Remember, you can always Ask Us a Question we answer everything, or Leave a Voicemail click the microphone button and leave a message after the beep.
Show Notes & Links
- Narrative First Membership Sign up for exclusive access to our Genre Gists Collections and Storyforming Series
- Narrative First Storyforms Exclusive area for members to read and download storyforms for complete films
- Narrative First Storyforming Series Video tutorial series showing how to use Dramatica to analyze a film
- Trolls our analysis of this fun film about finding your happy place
- Hacksaw Ridge our analysis of this moving film about staying true to your convictions
- Brainstorming a New Genre for Nanowrimo this week's article on creating a completely original story with a functional and meaningful narrative
Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace
Next Episode
Finding Your Own Unique Voice When Writing for Nanowrimo
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 structure. The Dramatica storyform is a powerful and effective tool for organizing your story's argument. But you still need to know what it is you want to say with your work. By connecting to that inner voice and discovering what is near and dear to you, you will have a better idea of what to actually attach to the storyform to give it passion and heart.
Remember, you can always Ask Us a Question we answer everything, or Leave a Voicemail click the microphone button and leave a message after the beep.
Show Notes & Links
- Finding Your Own Unique Voice While Writing for Nanowrimo This week's article and focus for the podcast. Measuring your heart's greatest desire up against the Dramatica storyform.
- Creating a Story from Scratch for Nanowrimo The first in our series of articles on using Dramatica to help write stories for Nanowrimo. In this article we take a first look at the Western Occult story mentioned in this week's podcast.
- A Method for Generating Conflict Last year's Thanksgiving article about generating the fire for your story's smoke by positioning one truism against another.
Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace
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