Narrative First: Where Story Is Always King

Is the process involved in the analysis of a Dramatica storyform truly objective, or is everyone fooling themselves? Jim answers these questions as well as giving an update on our app, Subtext.

A deep-dive into the two narrative structures driving the classic action/adventure *Raiders of the Lost Ark.*

An in-depth look at the narrative thematics driving these two classic films.

In this episode, we take a look at the key story events that shift a narrative from one contextual Act to the next.

A Dramatica storyform ensures that what you have to say promises purpose and a reason for the audience to listen.

My experience of being able to predict the specific structural items of an Oscar-nominated film while it was running.

A look at how you can dramatically improve the quality of your storytelling by thinking of the central relationship as a character.

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.

In this episode, we catch up on all things Narrative First from the past three months and kickstart our year of plenty.

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.

Listen as I️ create the basis for a compelling narrative in less than 20 minutes.

A great story employs its own unique approach to narrative structure. The Plot Sequence Report found in Dramatica grants writers an insight into their story's foundation.

While some maintain that all stories carry the same structure (they don't), these two films actually do share the same exact storyform.

A guy stuck in a well, *The Sixth Sense*, and *Blade Runner:2049* top the list for this week's in-depth story structure podcast.

In this episode, I wrap up the Dramatica Users Group analysis of Jon Favreau's *Jungle Book* and then relate some helpful tips when it comes to weaving subplots into your narrative.

Roll back to the original terminology in order to gain more objectivity in your analysis and writing.

Why do established story gurus find it necessary to prevent progress?

In this episode, we take a look at Quantum Theory and how it helps to explain how an Author *projects* a story into existence.

The return of Throughline Thursdays, an unexpected analysis of *The Prestige*, and an explanation of the difference between a problematic Situation and problematic Activities.

Connecting Character to Plot through Theme and the structural sleight of hand performed by writer/director Jordan Peele in the magnificent *Get Out*.