Narrative First: Where Story Is Always King

A look at Okja's move towards propaganda and insight into the actual structure of every great story.

Wrapping up the month long discussion on this superhero epic, I explain the purpose of an Influence Character perspective within the context of a complete story.

Continuing the series on Identifying the Key Story Points of a Narrative, I explain a method for singling out the various perspectives within a complete story.

In this episode, I continue the discussion surrounding _Captain America: Civil War_ by focusing on the Protagonist and Antagonist of a complete narrative.

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 *Captain America: Civil War*.

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 discuss why *Moonlight* won Best Picture.

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 writer who discovered Dramatica.

Experience writing with us.

In this second part of our two part series, we continue our introduction to the development of the Dramatica theory of story and Narrative First.

An introduction to the development of the Dramatica theory of story and Narrative First.

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 resolution.

Ready to have complete stories beamed directly into your nervous system? Fear not, Narrative First and Dramatica will be there to help make the transition a smooth and painless procedure.

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 like from the point-of-view of your characters? Well, now you can.

In this episode we cover the world's most familiar--and therefore, drabbest and dreariest--story structure.

In this episode we make the connection between Arrival and the holistic approach to story structure offered by the Dramatica theory of story.

In this, our first episode of the second season of the Narrative First Podcast, we catch up on all things story structure & story analysis including a look into the Oscar winner for Best Picture in 2016.

In this, our final episode of the 2016 season, we discuss the most important part of any story--the intersection of the objective and subjective points-of-view.

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.

In this episode, we learn how to use the storyform from an inspiring narrative to help define the structure of your own.

In this episode we create a brand new category of story by combining Gist Collections from two different Genres.