One of the biggest hurdles to understanding the Dramatica theory of story is the language. Words like Prerequisities, Induction, and Expediency hardly inspire one towards better and better storytelling. Luckily we have Armando Saldana Mora who, in his own remarkable way, has come up with a clever way of understanding the quad of story elements containing Induction, Production, Reduction and Deduction.
Read on to see how that bully from elementary school can help improve your writing..
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Nowadays, photographic evidence isn’t enough. With the advent of Photoshop and digital photography, anyone can claim ownership of the truth. In order to convince someone that a conspiracy exists, even one related to something so inconsequential as story theory, the whistle-blowers of today need cold hard facts and an airtight case.
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The hardest part of the Dramatica learning curve is the language. The overall concepts of the Main and Impact Character and their relationship together (Subjective Story) are easy to comprehend. It’s those terms found at the bottom of the chart - Non-Accurate, Un-Proven, Reduction and yes, Induction and Deduction - that can give one reason to pause. Here’s a short explanation of Induction and Deduction that may be useful.
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Looking through some old notebooks of mine I came across an interesting distinction between the terms Wisdom and Enlightenment. This is what I have written down:
Wisdom is accumulated knowledge (and how to use it)
Enlightenment is accumulated thought (and how to use it)
Interesting because in my current story I’ve got a Subjective Story Issue of Enlightenment and was [...]
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