# workshop **URL:** https://discuss.dramatica.com/c/workshop/12.md [Latest](https://discuss.dramatica.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.dramatica.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the workshop category](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/about-the-workshop-category/1645)
**Author:** [@jhull](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jhull)\ **Replies:** 0
This is where we get together to work on writing projects together. This includes collaboration, practical application of Dramatica’s theoretical concepts, and group writing assignments or exercises. --- ## [Translating “the moral of the story” into a workable set of Story Engine Settings](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/translating-the-moral-of-the-story-into-a-workable-set-of-story-engine-settings/3597)
**Author:** [@Greg](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Greg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/translating-the-moral-of-the-story-into-a-workable-set-of-story-engine-settings/3597 "2021-10-29T13:48:45Z")
Hey all, I wanted to see how others handle translating a premise with storytelling (this is what I mean by “the moral of the story” in the title, didn’t know of a better word or phrase) into a workable set of Story Engin… --- ## [Justification practice](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/justification-practice/2858)
**Author:** [@jassnip](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jassnip)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/justification-practice/2858 "2021-02-17T10:46:11Z")
Hey all, So I can’t even begin to say how excited I am about the justification vs justification that @jhull shared yesterday in the writer’s room. I wrote this under the memory quad (Truth, Suspicion, Evidence, Falsehoo… --- ## [Justification Review (and Help) Request](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/justification-review-and-help-request/3314)
**Author:** [@Hunter](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Hunter)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/justification-review-and-help-request/3314 "2021-02-12T04:06:15Z")
Hey, everyone! I remembered the thread on Justification practice back in May, and I’ve been following Conflict Corner. Now, with the update that includes the idea to break away from Progressive Complications :socks:, I … --- ## [Conflict Corner time](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/conflict-corner-time/3307)
**Author:** [@JohnDusenberry](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/JohnDusenberry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/conflict-corner-time/3307 "2021-02-01T21:11:08Z")
Hey everyone–I’ve gotten a few messages about people interested in the Conflict Corner workshop, but the current time didn’t fit their schedule. Wondering for anyone who’s interested if there were times that work better … --- ## [Weekly Conflict/Justification Practice Wk of 11/08-14/20](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/weekly-conflict-justification-practice-wk-of-11-08-14-20/3209)
**Author:** [@jassnip](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jassnip)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/weekly-conflict-justification-practice-wk-of-11-08-14-20/3209 "2020-11-24T02:50:04Z")
I’m a big believer in practicing in order to give oneself mad skillz! So I figured I’d start a thread where we could practice together as we develop them. Skill = Practiced Ability made up of Effect | Trust Test | Ca… --- ## [Converting an "inequality" or Source of Conflict into a scene](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/converting-an-inequality-or-source-of-conflict-into-a-scene/3229)
**Author:** [@didomachiatto](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/didomachiatto)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/converting-an-inequality-or-source-of-conflict-into-a-scene/3229 "2020-12-16T04:19:02Z")
I would love people to post a justification, and the scene they wrote from it. Of course, either as a script or novel. (I guess, you could write a fake one, if you don’t want to share a WIP). I’m having trouble with tha… --- ## [Characteristics Quad for Justification](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/characteristics-quad-for-justification/3211)
**Author:** [@didomachiatto](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/didomachiatto)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/characteristics-quad-for-justification/3211 "2020-11-25T17:22:07Z")
As I heard others reflect in the Conflict Corner episode 2, finding justifications has also been difficult for me. Today I tried something, which makes it a bit more concrete. I wrote the following justification for … --- ## [Holistic Projection Speculation brainstorm](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/holistic-projection-speculation-brainstorm/3152)
**Author:** [@didomachiatto](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/didomachiatto)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/holistic-projection-speculation-brainstorm/3152 "2020-11-08T18:05:19Z")
I’m having some trouble brainstorming the kinds of balance a holistic character can make with a Projection/Speculation (condition/adjustment). The difference between possibility and probability. It’s not as simple as bel… --- ## [AH Throughlines for feedback](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/ah-throughlines-for-feedback/3186)
**Author:** [@jassnip](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jassnip)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/ah-throughlines-for-feedback/3186 "2020-11-05T22:43:26Z")
Okay, so based on the work we did in the Conflict Corner today (11/4/20). I made the following Throughline Synopsis (which I had never used before). I’d really love for y’all to take a look and give me feedback: if it fe… --- ## [Short Stories: Writing/Structure exercises](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/short-stories-writing-structure-exercises/3007)
**Author:** [@Khodu](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Khodu)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/short-stories-writing-structure-exercises/3007 "2020-07-25T15:54:49Z")
Hi guys. A couple of my writer friends gave a writing prompt and we’re to write short stories afterwards. I got the idea that this could be good for the writers in the Dramatica forums. With these, we could participate,… --- ## [Justification statements](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/justification-statements/2875)
**Author:** [@Dral52](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Dral52)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/justification-statements/2875 "2020-05-17T16:52:43Z")
Hi everyone, I have been working on the “People need X in order to Y, UNLESS People need A in order to B” technique to better understand the inequities in my story (as elaborated by Jim in his recent articles, and write… --- ## [Building a story with Purpose (and Methodology etc)](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/building-a-story-with-purpose-and-methodology-etc/2774)
**Author:** [@Greg](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Greg)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/building-a-story-with-purpose-and-methodology-etc/2774 "2020-03-15T02:18:02Z")
Hey @flight here’s the thread that was brought up here: Wasn’t sure how best to go about it. I started to dump several story appreciations all at once, but decided to go slow and just start with the below point. Os P… --- ## [Friends Without Benefits](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/friends-without-benefits/2786)
**Author:** [@Lakis](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Lakis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/friends-without-benefits/2786 "2020-03-10T19:38:05Z")
I really enjoyed last week’s Subtext writer’s room which concluded the treatment Friends Without Benefits (wish I could have participated more). Anyway I couldn’t stop thinking about @jassnip 's idea about referencing J… --- ## [My take on a conflict resulting from physics - Entering a place a lot of people in Kampala City go to](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/my-take-on-a-conflict-resulting-from-physics-entering-a-place-a-lot-of-people-in-kampala-city-go-to/2594)
**Author:** [@samuelogeda](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/samuelogeda)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/my-take-on-a-conflict-resulting-from-physics-entering-a-place-a-lot-of-people-in-kampala-city-go-to/2594 "2019-09-11T12:37:49Z")
I’m writing a short story based in physics, here’s my attempt at writing a conflict that results from physics. The illustration of physics I am using is Entering a place a lot of people in Kampala City go to. The Four … --- ## [Furious Fiction Entry](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/furious-fiction-entry/2529)
**Author:** [@museful](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/museful)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/furious-fiction-entry/2529 "2019-07-08T03:14:02Z")
Hello guys. I’m entering a furious Fiction contest this month. I’ve got about 20 hours to the deadline. Here’s the link: https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/ Here’s what I’ve written. If you have the desi… --- ## [500-word example of encoding the problem of pursuit using the elements dream and avoid as justifications](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/500-word-example-of-encoding-the-problem-of-pursuit-using-the-elements-dream-and-avoid-as-justifications/2480)
**Author:** [@samuelogeda](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/samuelogeda)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/500-word-example-of-encoding-the-problem-of-pursuit-using-the-elements-dream-and-avoid-as-justifications/2480 "2019-05-29T03:08:57Z")
Ignore my bad writing and grammar for now. \*\*\*\*Sizwe pursues Jessica because of a dream he had about her. \_\_ \*\*Jessica devises different ways of avoiding Sizwe because of his advances (pursuits)\*\* One night Sizwe had … --- ## [NaNoWriMo progress thread](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/nanowrimo-progress-thread/2165)
**Author:** [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/nanowrimo-progress-thread/2165 "2018-11-24T20:18:23Z")
A thread to track our Nano progress. Anyone feel free to update with theirs (e.g. daily). To keep it relevant to this forum, please mention anything Dramatica-related that may have come up during your day’s writing, alt… --- ## [My new project - Connie's Homecoming - Scene 1](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/my-new-project-connies-homecoming-scene-1/2170)
**Author:** [@samuelogeda](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/samuelogeda)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/my-new-project-connies-homecoming-scene-1/2170 "2018-11-08T21:21:40Z")
Problem: accurate Mike believes that they can pull off a surprise party for Connie in three weeks when she arrives in Uganda on Thursday morning. Mike believes he is accurate in his assumptions. After agreeing to hold t… --- ## [Coming up on NaNoWriMo](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/coming-up-on-nanowrimo/2097)
**Author:** [@Greg](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Greg)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/coming-up-on-nanowrimo/2097 "2018-11-02T16:52:28Z")
One month until NaNoWriMo. Just wondering what everyone else is doing to get ready for it. Not that I’ll have time to write a full novel that month, but I’m going to give it my best shot. During the month of October I… --- ## [Jassnip MC Throughline Exercise Sept 2018](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/jassnip-mc-throughline-exercise-sept-2018/2040)
**Author:** [@jassnip](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jassnip)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/jassnip-mc-throughline-exercise-sept-2018/2040 "2018-10-12T20:39:12Z")
Okay here’s mine. Signpost 1: having a sudden idea: Character X is an empath and conceives/feels the inner needs and desires of others to be noble and honorable. She trusts these feelings, but again and again people lie… --- ## [Mlucas MC Throughline Exercise Sept 2018](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mlucas-mc-throughline-exercise-sept-2018/2042)
**Author:** [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mlucas-mc-throughline-exercise-sept-2018/2042 "2018-09-10T01:16:11Z")
Apologize for the length of the fourth signpost … by the time I got to #4 I started to really see this thing as a story so potential bits of other throughlines started to filter in there. (The sister introduced in the fo… --- ## [MC Throughline Exercise Sept 2018](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mc-throughline-exercise-sept-2018/2032)
**Author:** [@jassnip](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jassnip)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mc-throughline-exercise-sept-2018/2032 "2018-09-10T01:14:24Z")
Okay…so I thought we’d do something a little different this time. When people are learning a new skill or practicing a skill, it’s useful to take things down to a manageable size. For instance musicians play scales :not… --- ## [Greg MC Throughline Exercise Sept 2018](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/greg-mc-throughline-exercise-sept-2018/2044)
**Author:** [@Greg](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Greg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/greg-mc-throughline-exercise-sept-2018/2044 "2018-09-09T12:31:13Z")
I started out by just trying to add conflict to the gist and then went back and fleshed it out a bit. I’ll give both stages. I started with this: SP1 Having a sudden idea Tim begins to have ideas about others. He’… --- ## [Just a head's up Workshop coming](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/just-a-heads-up-workshop-coming/2027)
**Author:** [@jassnip](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jassnip)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/just-a-heads-up-workshop-coming/2027 "2018-08-31T16:57:26Z")
I haven’t totally figured out what I’m going to do, but I will be throwing out a workshop exercise for us to do in Sept. So be on the look out for that Friday night/ Saturday morning. I’m putting this here, one for y’al… --- ## [A Little Relaxation - Story outline](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/a-little-relaxation-story-outline/1982)
**Author:** [@PrinceJez](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/PrinceJez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/a-little-relaxation-story-outline/1982 "2018-07-26T10:41:13Z")
Problem – Pursuit - sometimes we tend to chase things a lot and forget that we need to rest because Rome wasn’t built in a day Solution – Avoid – we need to get out of the way of stressful situations that will bring us … --- ## [Crysis - Free verse written with dramatica](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/crysis-free-verse-written-with-dramatica/1918)
**Author:** [@PrinceJez](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/PrinceJez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/crysis-free-verse-written-with-dramatica/1918 "2018-07-07T10:38:17Z")
Hi, I’m new to dramatica and here is sign post 1 for my ‘poetic story’ on strikes in Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda. Sign Post One Scene 1. Growing up is a long tedious process From the day we are born, we seek… --- ## [I declare, King George](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/i-declare-king-george/1917)
**Author:** [@GetSchwifty](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/GetSchwifty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/i-declare-king-george/1917 "2018-07-05T22:57:25Z")
I reread the Declaration today and shortened it for modern readers. Things were fine, now you’ve forced our hand. It’s over. We decide things now, not you. You’re a son of a bitch for about a thousand reasons (see list)… --- ## [Short Story Prompt #2 : Milk/Raven](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/short-story-prompt-2-milk-raven/1804)
**Author:** [@DeeKay](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/DeeKay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/short-story-prompt-2-milk-raven/1804 "2018-05-30T08:13:30Z")
Happy Memorial Day, all. I wrote a short story yesterday using the assigned quad for this month. It ran rather long, but I went where the narrative needed to instead of working slavishly within the 1,500 limit. Having… --- ## [May - Workshop Prompt #2](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/may-workshop-prompt-2/1737)
**Author:** [@jassnip](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jassnip)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/may-workshop-prompt-2/1737 "2018-05-24T05:00:21Z")
I figured I should move this to it’s own thread, so it would be easier to spot the prompt. When you post your story start your own thread under the Workshop Category Title it something like Short Story Prompt #2 - TIT… [Next page](https://discuss.dramatica.com/c/workshop/12.md?page=1)