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Dramatica for
Screenwriters

Additional
Materials

by
Armando
Saldaña Mora

A companion piece

 
 
Dramatica for Screenwriters by Armando Saldaña Mora

Table of Contents

Introduction: What To Expect From This Reading
The Lowdown On This Book
One: To Dram Or Not To Dram?—What Dramatica Has To Offer To The Screenwriter

  1. The Dramatica Philosophy

  2. Dramatica's Advantages And Disadvantages

  3. Twelve Questions To Understand, Create and Stop Feeling Intimidated By Dramatica

Two: The Overall Picture—The Difficult Decisions Of Storyforming

  1. Storyforming From A Premise

  2. Genre And The Main And Impact Characters

  3. Genre And The Dramatica Domains

  4. Dramatica in 30 Seconds: A Process To Create A Brief Synopsis From A Storyform And Vice Versa

  5. New Instant Dramatica: The Perfected Method Of Creating A Complete Synopsis And Evaluating Your Storyform

Three: Characters —Beyond The Archetypes

  1. True Character: Use The Build Characters Functions To Create Consistent Characters

  2. Appealing Characters: Use The Characterization Windows To Round-Off Your Characters

  3. Encoding Character Relationships: Show Your True Characters To The Audience

  4. Exposing Character Events: Incorporate Your Characters Into Your Story

  5. Character Relationships As Subplots

Four: Developing The Story—The Several Dramatica Paths

  1. Step-By-Step Development: The Story-Guide

  2. Note And Sketch Development: The Story Points

  3. Thorough Development: The Query System
Five: 3 Acts, 16 Sequences And 48 Scenes—How To Get The Complete Plot From Dramatica

  1. Plot Definitions I: Act, Sequence And Scene As Plot Twists

  2. Plot Definitions II: Signposts As Plot Twists

  3. Blending Four Dramatica Acts Into The Three Classical Acts

  4. The Signpost As Sequence

  5. Using The Plot Sequence Report To Create Your Scenes

  6. Using The Z-Pattern To Create 48 Scenes

Six: Narrative Flow: The Aspects Of Weaving

  1. Genre And The Event Order Factor

  2. The Irreversible Change: What A Scene Is All About

  3. Freedom From The Setting/Character Tyranny

  4. Mystery, Suspense And Irony: Cool Dramatica Tricks To Achieve Them

Seven: Writing The Screenplay

  1. Dramatica Appreciations And The Visual Language
  2. Turning Appreciations Into Lean, Cinematic Descriptions
  3. Turning Appreciations Into Succinct, Attractive Dialogue
  4. Rewriting With Dramatica
 
Based on a theory and materials developed by Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley

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Based on theories and materials developed by Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley
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