# Relationship between prco and problem solution focus outcome

**URL:** <https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876>\
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**Created:** [June 24, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876 "2018-06-24T13:27:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![samuelogeda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/samuelogeda/32/792_2.png) [@samuelogeda](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/samuelogeda)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876/1 "2018-06-24T13:27:34Z")

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Is this correlation right.

Potential = problem  
outcome = solution  
Resistance = focus  
Current = direction

I feel my correlation is wrong.

@mlucas how would prco correlate to problem solution focus direction?

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**Author:** ![mlucas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mlucas/32/275_2.png) [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876/2 "2018-06-24T13:32:46Z")

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You got it right except that you put Outcome down twice and forgot Current, probably a typo. I’m pretty sure you meant to say that Direction is the Current, which would be correct.

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**Author:** ![samuelogeda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/samuelogeda/32/792_2.png) [@samuelogeda](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/samuelogeda)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876/3 "2018-06-24T15:58:56Z")

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thanks. I’ve corrected it. It’s dawned on me prco doesn’t have the same dynamic pairs like problem solution symptom response.

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**Author:** ![mlucas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mlucas/32/275_2.png) [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876/4 "2018-06-24T16:43:07Z")

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Ha! You seem to be going through some of the same questions I did! 🙂

> **[Does PRCO use dynamic pairs?](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/does-prco-use-dynamic-pairs/829)**
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> I have a question about PRCO (Potential, Resistance, Current, Outcome). Narrative First had some podcasts and articles re-examining and explaining PRCO in detail, mostly in regards to scene construction. And I believe what I heard / read is that...

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**Author:** ![samuelogeda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/samuelogeda/32/792_2.png) [@samuelogeda](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/samuelogeda)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876/5 "2018-06-24T18:29:11Z")

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Yes but from what I see in a prco quad. Potential and resistance are a dynamic pair.

Current and outcome are a dynamic pair.

Potential Vs resistance  
Current Vs outcome

The prco puts potential (problem) and outcome (solution) into a horizontal relationship not a diagonal relationship.

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**Author:** ![mlucas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mlucas/32/275_2.png) [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876/6 "2018-06-24T18:35:33Z")

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Yes – PRCO is a general concept that applies to many different areas of Dramatica.

In the _particular_ application of PRCO to Problem/Solution/Focus/Direction, the Potential and Outcome will always be dynamic pairs, as will the Current and Resistance.

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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 24, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/relationship-between-prco-and-problem-solution-focus-outcome/1876/7 "2018-06-24T23:27:32Z")

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Those do not always match up that way.

Problem, Solution, Focus & Direction are one way to appreciate a Throughline from within a certain context.

Potential, Resistance, Current, & Outcome are a way to appreciate the journey through a Quad — I.e. another context.