Narrative First: where story is always king
Updates & analysis of all things story. From screenplays to novels to deep theoretical story structure, this podcast is aimed at providing the secrets to great storytelling.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 66
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2018
How to End Writer's Block Forever
How do you end writer's block forever? Know what it is you want to say and learn to use a tool that keeps you on the straight & narrow as you write that first draft. In addition, we take a deep thema…
Discovering the Story You Never Knew
In addition to taking a deep dive into Ryan Cooler's Creed, we also take another look at the Narrative First Playground Exercises--a strong and resilient system for looking at narrative makes it easi…
Finding Your True Self Through Writing
Continuing last week's article on generating story ideas, we take a look at how to get up close and personal with your deepest intentions. Using a tool known as the Playground Exercises, we discuss h…
The Power of the Playgrounds
In this episode we cover an introduction to the Playground Exercises--a fun and effective way to quickly produce richly thematic storylines.
Links discussed:
Analysis of Inside Out
Narrative First analysis of Inside Out
Update on the original analysis of Inside Out - We had one teensy weensy story element that was out of place. This corrects that.
The Problem with Reverse-Engineering Dramatica
Our first blogcast episode! Here we explore the problems with opening the hood of the Dramatica story engine and why you're better served taking what the application gives you on trust...and then get…