# Huge Thanks for Dramatica and Subtext

**URL:** <https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/huge-thanks-for-dramatica-and-subtext/3469>\
**Category:** Writing\
**Created:** [June 8, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/huge-thanks-for-dramatica-and-subtext/3469 "2021-06-08T03:41:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hunter](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Hunter)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/huge-thanks-for-dramatica-and-subtext/3469/1 "2021-06-08T03:41:26Z")

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Okay, I just have to say this:

I’ve been working with the updated version of [Subtext](https://narrativefirst.com/subtext/), and OMG does it work! I’m not sure I’ve ever felt Dramatica magic like this. My message was stinkin’ hard to pin down, being a holistic isolation, buried in the first act of a linear triumph… (Yeesh! But, it makes sense considering what I was going through when I first wrote the darn thing.)

And, I finally know why the player in which I first placed the IC Perspective leaves at the beginning of the third act. It turns out that decision sets up the hand-off to the new player, and is reinterpreted in the context covered by the _last_ thematic conversation of that act. 🤯

My mind has been blown several times over using this great and helpful system.

Thanks @jhull for all the work you’ve put into the app, and @JohnDusenberry for all your work in Conflict Corner. It’s all been so significantly helpful! 😁

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**Author:** ![jhull](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/jhull/32/3_2.png) [@jhull](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jhull)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/huge-thanks-for-dramatica-and-subtext/3469/2 "2021-06-08T16:52:25Z")

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Thank you @Hunter, I really appreciate this. 😃

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**Author:** ![JohnDusenberry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/johndusenberry/32/863_2.png) [@JohnDusenberry](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/JohnDusenberry)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/huge-thanks-for-dramatica-and-subtext/3469/3 "2021-06-09T03:13:55Z")

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That’s amazing, thank you so much!

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**Author:** ![Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hunter](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Hunter)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/huge-thanks-for-dramatica-and-subtext/3469/4 "2021-06-10T21:08:50Z")

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Just to continue the story:

The other night I went through my outline of the first act with a friend. We did this over the phone, so I couldn’t see his reactions. Nonetheless, after each currently planned scene, I could hear him thinking, deeply, about each and everything that would happen.

In other words, though he didn’t quite catch it himself, I could hear in his quietness the kind of overload happening to think “Whoa, that’s deep…”, and a few other thoughts that I was hoping to achieve.

Now, _that_ can’t be related to my use of Dramatica, now, can it? 😉