Dramatica Theory Book

Chapter 38: Storytelling--Reception & Propaganda (Continued)

The Author

Here are the things an author should consider while creating a propaganda story:

1. Nature of Impact

How you want to impact your audience? Do you wish to play with your audience's:

• Motivations (what drives them)
  
  
• Methodologies (how they go about doing things)
  
  
• Purposes (what they are striving for)
  
  
• Means of evaluation (how they measure their progress - their personal yardsticks)?

Pick only one as the area of primary impact. This will become the area of the storyform that you purposefully omit when storytelling. The remaining three areas will be used to support your intent by drawing attention away from the missing piece(s).

2. Area of Impact

What part of your audience's world-view do you wish to impact?

• View of the world around them - "objective reality" (Objective Story)
  
  
• View of relationships (Subjective Story)
  
  
• View of themselves (Main Character)
  
  
• View of others (Obstacle Character)

Choose one of the perspectives. This will be the domain in which to place the "hole" in the storyform. The area of impact determines which part of your audience's world-view the propaganda will "infect."