Devastated. The Dome was my temple.
Devastated. The Dome was my temple.
So excited. Just led what was easily one of the best classes ever. I now have recorded a clear explanation of what it means to replace a Problem with a Solution in a complete narrative! Can’t wait to get this one out…
New Endel Deeper Focus soundscapes are intense! Like living within a Hans Zimmer soundscape. I can’t stop typing!!
The Father brings the total number of unique narrative structures in Subtext to 483. 
Definitely getting closer with this one…awareness distorting issues of destiny (the promise of a bright future). 
Need to work on this one a bit. Not sure if Cassie ends up “staying present, and improving relationships” 😆 
The narrative Premise for The Father as seen in Subtext. The “no sense of the present” was completely random and based on other choices I made as to what the story was focusing on. 
The Father is adapted from a play and the reason it feels like a play is not simply setting and stage direction, but rather the SOURCE of conflict within the narrative. In plays, this source is almost always found in fixed mindsets–or in this case, a failing mindset.https://narrativefirst.com/articles/conflict-of-a-different-nature/
Wow two nights in a row. I thought 2021 was going to be a snooze fest at the Oscars but Nomadland was stellar, Promising Young Woman was fantastic, abs The Father tonight…heartbreakingly beautiful. So many great stories and great performances this year.
Promising Young Woman was great. Started plugging the narrative into Subtext and guess what turned out to be the central Plot element?? Destiny! Which, in Dramatica, is essentially an issue of promising young women being cut short of their potential 🤯 
Just going through Shawshank and seeing how the narrative structure predicted by Subtext plays out…figured this one section would be about the “hope is a dangerous thing” argument at the lunch table. Clicked Breakdown and look at the first illustration it came up with 
With Star Wars, there are 4 sources of conflict explored: searching for the plans (Doing), interrogations and educating Alderaan about the Death Star (Learning), escaping with the Princess (Obtaining), and underestimating chances of success (Understanding). narrativefirst.com/articles/…
Last week I unraveled a way to predict the order of thematic events in a story through a single premise. This week I start exploring what that looks like in completed works of art, Plot Points and the Inciting Incident
Last week I unraveled a way to predict the order of thematic events in a story through a single premise. This week I start exploring what that looks like in completed works of art, Plot Points and the Inciting Incident
Working on the new Storybeat Cards based on all the discoveries and new developments from last week. This is looking pretty good, especially when you consider this is pretty much how that opening with scene at the review board plays out. 
When using your predictive narrative application to show exactly why The Shawshank Redemption is a story you can watch (or read) a thousand times, it helps to have Thomas Newman’s soundtrack on infinite repeat. 
Because even something as ridiculous as Bad Trip can be written with a halfway-decent story. 😆 narrativefirst.com/storyform…
Judging by the responses in my inbox this morning, Subtext’s new Scene Resolution feature is going to be the most welcomed innovation in storytelling ever! 😃 youtu.be/RWyT605iO…
Well hello, Grammarly. It’s been a couple months. Now that I’ve got Subtext figured out…it’s back to writing 😊
A writer/editor/user of Subtext sent me versions of Memento and The Prestige re-ordered to show the sequence of events as they happened–the way a Storyform describes a narrative. To say I’m incredibly excited to go through them this way is an understatement! 😃
Pretty much Neo’s final speech on the phone. 
Seriously?! And this is what Subtext predicts Ben should be talking about on the trip to Alderaan - you know, controlling your impulses by reaching out with your Senses! And changing your perception!! 
Just going to leave this here…as this is what Subtext predicts George should be doing in the latter half of the second Act…when he finally musters up the courage to punch Biff…
When you solve a computational problem that has plagued your mind for over 22 years, there can be no better backing track than Demi Lovato and Sam Fischer’s What Other People Say.
When you have to use Bad Trip as an example of clear storyforming to a writer … 🤣