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Narrative First: where story is always king, 66 episodes.

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When It All Finally Clicks Into Place

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Raiders of the Lost Ark and Multiple Storyforms

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The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi

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Demystifying the Plot Points of a Complete Story

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Making Meaning Out of the Meaningless

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The 2018 Academy Awards

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The Relationship Story Throughline Is Not An Argument

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Connecting the Main Character to the Overall Story

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2018: The Year of Abundance

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The Narrative First Atomizer

11

Story Structure Senioritis

12

How to Outline Your Story Using the Plot Sequence Report

13

The Same Story: Aliens and Blade Runner: 2049

14

The Power of Implied Story Points

15

Handling Subplots with the Dramatica Storyform

16

The Right Way to Use Dramatica

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Robert McKee and Syd Field Hate Dramatica

18

Your Story is Schrödinger's Cat

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The Fugitive: When a Situation Isn't A Situation

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Get Out and Breaking Structure for Shock Value

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Everything You've Been Told About Story is Wrong

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The Final Word on Captain America: Civil War

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Figuring Out the Throughlines of a Complete Narrative

24

Protagonists and Antagonists, Bad Guys and Good Guys

25

The Civil War Over Captain America: Civil War

26

Moonlight: Writing the Personal Story Through Propaganda

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The Final Word on Generating Dramatic Tension in Your Story

28

Run With Me

29

Discovering Dramatica and the Genesis of Narrative First: Part Two

30

Discovering Dramatica and the Genesis of Narrative First: Part One

31

James Bond is NOT the Antagonist

32

Narrative Science and the Dawning of the Singularity

33

What Story Structure Looks Like To Your Characters

34

The Most Boring Storyform in the Entire World

35

Arrival & The Zero-Sum Game

36

The Best Picture of 2016 Doesn't Have a Story

37

The Crucial Element to Telling a Great Story

38

Finding Your Own Unique Voice When Writing for Nanowrimo

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Finding Inspiration for Nanowrimo Within a Great Story

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Trolls, Hacksaw Ridge, & Brainstorming a Brand New Genre

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Captain Fantastic and Creating a Story from Scratch for Nanowrimo

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Discovering the Hidden Narrative Code Within a Great Story

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How to Analyze a Narrative with Dramatica

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Ex Machina Mea Culpa

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An Introduction to Scene Construction with Dramatica

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Getting Personal with Your Storytelling

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The Essential Ingredients of Every Complete Story

48

The True Nature of Story

49

Does Your Main Character Build Resistance or Facilitate Flow?

50

Defining the Feeling of Tension in Your Story

51

Predicting Who Will Listen to Your Story

52

Using Dramatica to Assess Narratives in the Real World

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9 Steps Towards Telling Your Story

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Transforming Real Life Into A Story and Disney's Moana

55

Star Trek: The Case for Writing a Screenplay with Dramatica

56

The Difference Between Star Trek and Star Wars

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Supercharging the Conflict in Your Story

58

Batman vs. Superman vs. Deadpool

59

Zootopia and Batman Begins

60

Making Things Uncomfortable for Your Main Character

61

How to End Writer's Block Forever

62

Discovering the Story You Never Knew

63

Finding Your True Self Through Writing

64

The Power of the Playgrounds

65

Analysis of Inside Out

66

The Problem with Reverse-Engineering Dramatica