Narrative First: where story is always king - Predicting Who Will Listen to Your Story

Predicting Who Will Listen to Your Story

08/24/16 • 35 min

Narrative First: where story is always king

After follow-up, we dive into an analysis of Hell or High Water, the new Western from Sicario writer Taylor Sheridan. Following that we take a look at the Dramatica story point known as Audience Reach. By combining the Main Character's Problem-Solving Style with the Story Limit, writers can accurately predict who will be sitting in the audience.

Links and Show Notes

Florence Foster Jenkins analysis - Deep thematic analysis of the film
The Throughlines of Florence Foster Jenkins - Throughline analysis of the same film
The Dramatica Table of Story Elements - link to a free PDF of the Table of Story Elements you can print out and keep with you wherever you go
The Actual and Apparent Nature of Story - our article on the difference between Work stories and Dilemma stories
Analysis of Star Wars, The Matrix, Braveheart, and Memento
The Plot Sequence Report from Dramatica - a crazy report that actually shows writers what the structure of their story looks like from the character's point-of-view
Main Character Problem-Solving Style - the story point that defines how the Main Character prefers to solve problems
Story Limit - the story point that defines whether the story comes to an end because options have run out, or because time has run out
Female Main Characters Who Think Like Female Main Characters - our article on the difference between Linear thinkers and Holistic thinkers
Dramatica Analysis Filter - a collection of tools to help you discover the different combination of story points in over 300 films, novels, and plays

And don't forget...

Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace

Links and Show Notes

Florence Foster Jenkins analysis - Deep thematic analysis of the film
The Throughlines of Florence Foster Jenkins - Throughline analysis of the same film
The Dramatica Table of Story Elements - link to a free PDF of the Table of Story Elements you can print out and keep with you wherever you go
The Actual and Apparent Nature of Story - our article on the difference between Work stories and Dilemma stories
Analysis of Star Wars, The Matrix, Braveheart, and Memento
The Plot Sequence Report from Dramatica - a crazy report that actually shows writers what the structure of their story looks like from the character's point-of-view
Main Character Problem-Solving Style - the story point that defines how the Main Character prefers to solve problems
Story Limit - the story point that defines whether the story comes to an end because options have run out, or because time has run out
Female Main Characters Who Think Like Female Main Characters - our article on the difference between Linear thinkers and Holistic thinkers
Dramatica Analysis Filter - a collection of tools to help you discover the different combination of story points in over 300 films, novels, and plays

And don't forget...

Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace

Previous Episode

Using Dramatica to Assess Narratives in the Real World

We're very excited to announce that we hired our first two employees here at Narrative First! The explosion in requests for our services over the summer kicked our plans into high gear. We look forward to providing not only a higher quality of service, but also unique and compelling services not available elsewhere.

Story consultant Jon Gentry will be helping out with story analysis with an emphasis on real world narratives while vitality coach Summer De La Fuente will be using Dramatica to help locate and resolve their own personal issues.

More detailed info on our site within the coming days...

In addition, I cover my initial analysis of Florence Foster Jenkins.

Links and Show Notes

The Dramatica Analysis Filter - search through hundreds of analyses to find just the right storyform
Download the SparksGrove/Thoughtform analysis of ESPN, Pay TV, and OTT conflict - link to the original report provided by SparksGrove. Note that there are errors within the report that will be corrected at some in the future here on Narrative First
ESPN Can't Stop Bleeding Subscribers - read how the cable sports giant lost 1.5 million subscribers during the 2nd quarter of 2016
Traditional Pay TV Operators Surviving OTT Onslaught - read how Pay TV basically followed Thoughtform's analysis and found success by showing how insufficient and inadequate OTT services really are

And don't forget...

Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace

Next Episode

Defining the Feeling of Tension in Your 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. In addition, we have follow-up from last week's "controversial" podcast on Mental Sex and a brief Conversation with Melanie Anne Phillips, one of the co-creators of the theory.

Links and Show Notes

What is Mental Relativity Melanie explains the foundation of Dramatica
Mental Sex is Not Sexist We get letters. And sometimes they're not very well thought out.
The Concept of Problem-Solving Last year's attempt to call me a sexist.
Writing a Holistic Assassin Chris Huntley recommends an approach to writing a killer who prefers to solve problems holistically...
The Throughlines of Sideways Last week's Throughline Thursdays takes a look at this Oscar-winning film

Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace

...and yes...

...that's me playing Journey's Faithfully at the end...:)