Hello All.
I’m reading through the Dramatica Theory book for myself, and I remembered seeing this graphic:
I found that it’s from the Dramatica Appendices.
I’m learning that the characters in the Objective Story are supposed to represent the basic functions of the Story Mind, its drives and considerations; that archetypes are the typical pairing of these elements while Complex Characters are more atypical groupings; and that either type of character works so long as those basic functions are represented. With this graphic, it turns out that the Archetypes extend to the whole Chart, not just the lower left (Future, Subconscious, Obtaining, Becoming).
So my question is, if I have a story in one of the other Concerns, let’s say, the upper right (Progress, Preconscious, Doing, Being), and I wanted to represent, say, the Protagonist (the mind’s initiative), would it be represented if I used Effect and Proven instead? Or would I have to use Pursuit and Consider?