Narrative First: where story is always king

Predicting Who Will Listen to Your Story

Episode Summary

In this episode we take a look at *Hell or High Water* and then explain how writers can easily predict who will embrace their story and who will run for the hills.

Episode Notes

After follow-up, we dive into an analysis of Hell or High Water, the new Western from Sicario writer Taylor Sheridan. Following that we take a look at the Dramatica story point known as Audience Reach. By combining the Main Character's Problem-Solving Style with the Story Limit, writers can accurately predict who will be sitting in the audience.

Links and Show Notes

• Florence Foster Jenkins analysis - Deep thematic analysis of the film
• The Throughlines of Florence Foster Jenkins - Throughline analysis of the same film
• The Dramatica Table of Story Elements - link to a free PDF of the Table of Story Elements you can print out and keep with you wherever you go
• The Actual and Apparent Nature of Story - our article on the difference between Work stories and Dilemma stories
• Analysis of Star Wars, The Matrix, Braveheart, and Memento
• The Plot Sequence Report from Dramatica - a crazy report that actually shows writers what the structure of their story looks like from the character's point-of-view
• Main Character Problem-Solving Style - the story point that defines how the Main Character prefers to solve problems
• Story Limit - the story point that defines whether the story comes to an end because options have run out, or because time has run out
• Female Main Characters Who Think Like Female Main Characters - our article on the difference between Linear thinkers and Holistic thinkers
• Dramatica Analysis Filter - a collection of tools to help you discover the different combination of story points in over 300 films, novels, and plays

And don't forget...

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