Narrative First: where story is always king
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Narrative First: where story is always king
Updates & analysis of all things story. From screenplays to novels to deep theoretical story structure, this podcast is aimed at providing the secrets to great storytelling.
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When It All Finally Clicks Into Place
Is the process involved in the analysis of a Dramatica storyform truly objective, or is everyone fooling themselves? Jim answers these questions as we...
Raiders of the Lost Ark and Multiple Storyforms
A deep-dive into the two narrative structures driving the classic action/adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark.
While many consider Raiders to be ev...
The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
An in-depth look at the narrative thematics driving these two classic films.
For this, our special 64th episode, we explore the storyforms found...
Demystifying the Plot Points of a Complete Story
In this episode, we take a look at the key story events that shift a narrative from one contextual Act to the next. In addition, we discuss what the D...
Making Meaning Out of the Meaningless
If you want to make meaning out of the meaningless, if you want to ensure that you don't write a pointless story, a Dramatica® storyform ensures that...
The 2018 Academy Awards
This episode explores the connection between a high score on Rotten Tomatoes, nominations and recognition for great writing, and a complete Dramatica...
The Relationship Story Throughline Is Not An Argument
A look at how you can dramatically improve the quality of your storytelling by thinking of the central relationship as a character. I follow-up with l...
Connecting the Main Character to the Overall Story
In this episode, I cover the importance of connecting the Main Character's problem with the Overall Story problem & a method for constructing the Narr...
2018: The Year of Abundance
In this episode, we catch up on all things Narrative First from the past three months and kickstart our year of plenty. This includes everything from...
The Narrative First Atomizer
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...
Story Structure Senioritis
If it sounds like this episode was recorded before Thanksgiving, that’s because it was. Facilitating the initial release of the Narrative First Atomiz...
How to Outline Your Story Using the Plot Sequence Report
A great story employs its own unique approach to narrative structure. The Plot Sequence Report found in Dramatica grants writers an insight into their...
The Same Story: Aliens and Blade Runner: 2049
While some maintain that all stories carry the same structure (they don't), these two films actually do share the same exact storyform.
After an...
The Power of Implied Story Points
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. Everything from inequitie...
Handling Subplots with the Dramatica Storyform
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...
The Right Way to Use Dramatica
Roll back to the original terminology in order to gain more objectivity in your analysis and writing. That's the best way I know how to supercharge yo...
Robert McKee and Syd Field Hate Dramatica
Why do established story gurus find it necessary to prevent progress? The base instinct for survival sometimes overrides rational thought--in this cas...
Your Story is Schrödinger's Cat
In this episode, we take a look at Quantum Theory and how it helps to explain how an Author projects a story into existence. You'll want to put on you...
The Fugitive: When a Situation Isn't A Situation
The return of Throughline Thursdays, an unexpected analysis of The Prestige, and an explanation of the difference between a problematic Situation and...
Get Out and Breaking Structure for Shock Value
This week I discuss a method for Authors to connect the Characters in the story with the mechanics of Plot by crossing over through the family of Them...
Everything You've Been Told About Story is Wrong
This week I take a gander at Okja and discuss the reasons why many swayed by this film's message ultimately reverted to their old ways. Propaganda fad...
The Final Word on Captain America: Civil War
Wrapping up the month long discussion on this superhero epic, I explain the purpose of an Influence Character perspective within the context of a comp...
Figuring Out the Throughlines of a Complete Narrative
Continuing the series on Identifying the Key Story Points of a Narrative, I explain a method for singling out the various perspectives within a compl...
Protagonists and Antagonists, Bad Guys and Good Guys
In this episode, I continue the discussion surrounding Captain America: Civil War focusing this time on the Protagonist and Antagonist of a complete n...
The Civil War Over Captain America: Civil War
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 Am...
Moonlight: Writing the Personal Story Through Propaganda
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 Moon...
The Final Word on Generating Dramatic Tension in Your Story
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 d...
Run With Me
Experience writing with us.
What happened to the Narrative First podcast? We've actually been writing on several different projects. One a big b...
Discovering Dramatica and the Genesis of Narrative First: Part Two
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. Join...
Discovering Dramatica and the Genesis of Narrative First: Part One
In this episode, we offer an introduction to the development of the Dramatica theory of story and Narrative First. In addition, we dive into our uniqu...
James Bond is NOT the Antagonist
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....
Narrative Science and the Dawning of the Singularity
Ready to have complete stories beamed directly into your nervous system? Fear not, Narrative First and Dramatica will be there to help make the transi...
What Story Structure Looks Like To Your Characters
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...
The Most Boring Storyform in the Entire World
In this episode we cover the world's most familiar--and therefore, drabbest and dreariest--story structure. A popular message out of America in the mi...
Arrival & The Zero-Sum Game
In this episode we make the connection between Arrival and the holistic approach to story structure offered by the Dramatica theory of story. Why spec...
The Best Picture of 2016 Doesn't Have a Story
Welcome back!
In this, our first episode of the second season of the Narrative First Podcast, we catch up on all things story structure & story...
The Crucial Element to Telling a Great Story
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 point...
Finding Your Own Unique Voice When Writing for Nanowrimo
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. The D...
Finding Inspiration for Nanowrimo Within a Great Story
In this episode, we learn how to use the storyform from an inspiring narrative to help define the structure of your own. But first, a roundup of this...
Trolls, Hacksaw Ridge, & Brainstorming a Brand New Genre
In this episode we create a brand new category of story by combining Gist Collections from two different Genres. In addition, we take a look at Dreamw...