Narrative First: where story is always king

Handling Subplots with the Dramatica Storyform

Episode Summary

In this episode, I wrap up the Dramatica Users Group analysis of Jon Favreau's *Jungle Book* and then relate some helpful tips when it comes to weaving subplots into your narrative.

Episode Notes

In this episode, I wrap up the Dramatica Users Group analysis of Jon Favreau's Jungle Book and then relate some helpful tips when it comes to weaving subplots into your narrative. In addition, I dive into #storytelling and talk a bit about "narrative fidelity". Lastly, the David Fincher thriller se7en receives the Dramatica analysis treatment.

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Show Notes & Links

• The Dramatica Users Group analysis of The Jungle Book contains both an audio podcast and videocast of the class
• The Terminator discussion referred to in the podcast is not yet available online. Stay tuned.
• The Dramatica Users Group YouTube channel several years of videocasts covering the Dramatica theory of story
• Dramatica Podcasts exactly what it sounds like
• The Narrative is Not Real and Stories: The Means by Which We Navigate the World two blog posts on #storytelling
• Meaningful Endings video compilations of different endings
• First look at my analysis of se7en includes a look at the whiteboard from the presentation
• The Throughlines of se7en](https://narrativefirst.com/throughlines/se7en) visual analysis of the structure of the film
• My complete analysis of se7en complete with a downloadable storyform for use with Dramatica Story Expert
• The Jerry McGuire storyforms - the Sports Story and the Romance Story
  and as good storyforms
• The As Good As It Gets storyforms - the Romance Story and the Neighbors Story

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