Plot Progression vs Storyweaving

Dramatica Theory
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Could you expand on that? I kind of have the same question: if the underlying story chronology of a murder was:

  1. Joe and Frank fought over control of their company
  2. Joe murdered Frank and hid the evidence
  3. Detective Helen is assigned to investigate the crime and finds clues.
  4. Helen finally puts together that it must’ve been Joe who killed Frank.

But in a mystery story, the actual movie or novel would go something like:

  1. Detective Helen is assigned to investigate the crime and finds clues.
  2. Joe and Frank fought over control of their company
  3. Helen finally puts together that it must’ve been Joe who killed Frank.
  4. Joe murdered Frank and hid the evidence

So the question (for me, anyway) is if the Dramatica progression screen shows 1-2-3-4, am I supposed to ignore that when writing the book or screenplay and instead write 3-1-4-2 (since the former might hold the same argument but would make for a crappy mystery.)

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