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Do you remember your first hit?

November 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

I can.
Or at least I did this afternoon as I trolled through the Dramatica website. A smile crossed my face as I stumbled across the same extensive Dramatica AOL log transcripts that I had read over 10 years ago. Of course, back then there was only America On-Line and Netscape and Windows 3.1. [...]

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a dramatica look at “Nacho Libre”

June 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

Have you ever been watching a film that just makes you go, “When will this ever end?!” There’s a way to fix that.

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explaining the Dramatica quad

March 31st, 2006 · No Comments

There are some very interesting relationships in Dramatica that aren’t covered in the manual or in the software itself.

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Keeping Your Story Limit Consistent

November 1st, 2005 · 2 Comments

One of the interesting things about Dramatica is how certain aspects of it can show up in daily life.

BoggleFor instance, have you ever played the game Boggle? It’s a word game where, in a set amount of time, you’re supposed to connect the letters to form as many words as you can. The hourglass flips over and you start writing as fast as you can. This game is based on a Timelock.

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Dramatica Simplified

July 19th, 2005 · 5 Comments

Dramatica can seem a bit overwhelming when you first start out. I remember flipping through the dictionary at the back of the theory book and thinking, “This is insane!”
But after eight years of working with it, I’ve got the model pretty much memorized (at least down to the Variation level) and have a pretty good [...]

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