Narrative First: Where Story Is Always King

Know what it is you want to say and learn to use a tool that keeps you on the straight & narrow as you write that first draft. In addition, we take a deep thematic look at the movie Brooklyn from 2015.

In addition to taking a deep dive into Ryan Cooler's Creed, we also take another look at the Narrative First Playground Exercises--a strong and resilient system for looking at narrative makes it easier to play at writing.

Continuing last week's article on generating story ideas, we take a look at how to get up close and personal with your deepest intentions.

An introduction to the Playground Exercises--a fun and effective way to quickly produce richly thematic storylines.

A brief analysis of Pixar's excellent Inside Out.

Our first blogcast episode! Here we explore the problems with opening the hood of the Dramatica story engine.