I have writers dreamkit, and i use then DramPro demo to help me better
understand. But I have no laptop at the moment, not can afford a
replacement. Iâm using a small Tab for this. Canât use DramPro software on
my tab.
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When I called customer service they recommended I use dreamkit since I didnât know anything. So, I bought itâŚbut it didnât have my warm fuzzy beautiful quad pictureâŚhaha. Customer services told me I would get to the same place, but it didnât have all the bells and whistles. I just stuck with the original agony. But feel free to ask questions about your Dreamkit struggles. The same story forming takes place. Check out for a used Dramatica 4 on eBay and make a lower offer. I love 4. In fact v.1.6 is great!
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In one form or another this question seems to come up fairly often. You can search for other threads. The most recent one got a little contentious so I wonât point you to it, but you can find it with a search if youâre interested.
Theyâre probably tired of being called out for this question, but Sebastien de Castell and Patty Loofbourrow are both Dramatica users and active members of this board. I understand that the other DSEs do some pretty high level consulting and Jim has been involved in writing television series. Of course Armando (who wrote Dramatica for Screenwriters) has been doing script work for decades.
Iâm hoping to finish my first Dramatica-assisted book pretty soon and sell a ton of copies so I can be on this list too. 
(My first book was written before Iâd heard of Dramatica and did not sell a ton of copies lol).
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I discovered dramatica in the last quarter of 2016. Then discovered narrative first in December 2016. Narrative First supercharged my understanding of Dramatica. I now help students in my country Uganda get into dramatica. So I have about a year and a few months experience with dramatica only.
Hereâs a short story I wrote recently with dramatica.
I had I think Melanie Anne Philips says that the convention in Hollywood is not to mention that you used structure.
A lot of accomplished writers donât like to share the frameworks they used in their work.
My bias is that everyone uses some kind of framework to create a work of art even if they donât mention it.
I can be sharing with you the dramatica structured stories my students post online whenever they are ready for sharing.
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Thank you everyone. Itâs amazing! I throw out a request and your avatars pop-up like Jimeny Crickets. Its so reassuring for a loner like myself. Thanx all. âWhen you wish upon a star!â
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Enjoy these diagrams.
I imagine a writer uses all kinds of tools, just like artists, and usually just wants to be known for the work.
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Also ⌠they donât like to give awAy any nuggets when it comes to secrets of the trade.
I had an art teacher in the 90âs tell the class that every single person has their own unique style. She felt no one can draw/paint in anotherâs style. She was emphatic that she never could. From my psych major, I imagine it has something to do with our unique brains. Thatâs why handwriting is so unique, etc. It might just be a case of âwhy botherâ. Everyone has to do the work to find their own, unique nuggets tucked away in their brains and life histories.
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I donât mean personal nuggets a writer has stored for themselves, I mean certain practices and techniques, all use, but only those in the âclubâ are privey too. Stuff they wonât share in the âHow to write a novelâ self-help, guru crap. The stuff that maintains the magic and mystery that makes some think and exclaim âHow do they do it?â .
Iâm sure your right about the handwriting, how else could signatures be validated. But I can easily tell a left handed writer by the way the print sits the page. They always have the same appearance as one of my brothers, who himself is left handed.
HmmmâŚthe club thing might just be a mythâŚnever heard or thought of it, anytime anyplace.
The âclubâ are those working in a business, who choose not to help others trying to get their foot in the door.
This does not apply to Dramatica and itâs community because Dramatica and itâs community is the antithesis of HINDRANCE.
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I did a drama major in acting track, and I go on auditions to major shows and prints, even. Iâve accepted I will have to produce (and fund raise) my own series or film if I want to âmake itâ. I accept itâs the way of the world.
THATâS IT! Dramatica reveals so many âsecrets of the tradeâ when it comes to writing, strucutre, sequence s, genre and more, unlike any other writing theory offered in whatever format. Dramatica has empowered those who have no background in writing or the study of it.
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@everyone I donât consider authors to have (or be) competition. No one writes exactly like you, and avid readers want to read lots of books! 
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OH Prish, please donât think of me as bitter. I am not. Of course, in any field itâs about hard work and the struggle to get accepted. In a writers case, even just to get read. I accept that. Thatâs not my problem. Pick any self-help writing book as far back as you wish, and you will learn that only a handful, achieve what they promise in their title - to help the novice through enlightenment, by offering them gems of knowledge that will past a life time. Two such books K have read again and again are Dorothea Brandeâs uplifting âBecoming a Writerâ and Brenda Uelandâs dreamy and poetic âIf You Want To Writeâ. See pix, pleaseâŚEmm.
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Thank you for the pictures and recommendations. The master plan is to get them and tell the husband the writer from Liverpool recommended them, then leave them lying aroundâŚhaha. Cheers!
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I think it comes down to innate ability. Many ballers have trained with LeBron, lived with LeBron but LeBron still has an edge of them.
All the secrets in the world wonât help you you donât put in the work.