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*.

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.

In this episode we show how you can come up with a compelling and meaningful story in less than two hours using Dramatica's powerful brainstorming tools.

In this episode we take you step-by-step through a deep thematic analysis of *The Dark Horse*--a tremendous independent film out of New Zealand.

In this episode not only do we cover how to successfully analyze a story with Dramatica, but we also look into four different kinds of scenes found in the psycho-technological thriller *Ex Machina*.

Our original analysis of *Ex Machina* relied on subjective interpretation and proved faulty. This updated analysis clears up those issues by taking an objective point-of-view of the film's narrative.

In this episode we begin our discussion of deep thematic scene structure through the lens of the Dramatica theory of story.

This week we shorten things up a bit and take a look at one story point: the Main Character Approach. Does your Main Character prefer to solve problems externally or internally?

In order to wind up the dramatic potential for a story, an Author must answer eight essential questions. In this episode, we cover the first two ingredients of an effective narrative.

We wrap up our exploration of the Audience Appreciations found in Dramatica by discovering the true nature of the purpose of narrative.

In this episode we cover the tendency of the Main Character's personal problems to either build-up dramatic resistance or facilitate a greater flow throughout the 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 this episode we take a look at *Hell or High Water* and then explain how writers can easily predict who will embrace their story and who will run for the hills.