Dramatica Pro [commercial]

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Dramatica Pro asks you all the questions about your story that you should ask but probably forget to ask. Dramatica Pro works with you to develop stronger, richer characters that leap off the page while weaving your themes into your plot seamlessly. Plus, it helps you identify and eliminate unwanted story choices before they become problems. Choose the Ultimate Creative Writing Partner that 10 time NY Times Best-selling author Tracy Hickman uses.

* Dramatica Pro gives you ACTIVE GUIDANCE not just a fill-in-the-blank template
* Perfect for beginning writers-learn while you develop your story
* Perfect for advanced writers-apply what you know to maximize your creativity
* Print story reports, character reports, or your full treatment
* Export your story into StoryView or Movie Magic Screenwriter

License: $299.00 USD (sometimes available on sale for less)

Features:

1. Structure Your Plot
Answer Dramatica's thought provoking questions about your characters and plot. This narrows down the possible ways of telling your story to the one that best expresses your personal vision-and prompts Dramatica to supply some answers of its own. Amazingly, it can show you which parts of your story are strong, and which need punching up!

2. Illustrate Your Story
Write specific examples of how each of your story decisions about character arc, theme, conflict, tension, story goal, plot points, etc. will play out in your story's scenes. At the click of a button, see how the great writers illustrated the same story points in their classic stories.

3. Create Scenes
Now you weave together all the parts of the story you've developed so far. Determine how elements of character, plot, and theme will be revealed to your audience over time, and place your written examples directly into specific Acts, Scenes, or Chapters. Your step outline or plot synopsis is complete, ready to be honed into a killer first draft.

Dramatica Desktop
A collection of 12 clickable tiles that activate the key tools in Dramatica.

StoryGuide
There's only one way to write your story -- your way. StoryGuide leads you step-by-step through the ideal path to creating your unique story. Quick Start gives you instant feedback, Advanced guide takes you from beginning to end.

Character Casting
Visualize your characters by casting them from your choice of over 500 icons. Name them from a database of over 5,000 unique names.

Build Characters
Interesting. Deep. Real. Memorable. Dramatica helps you craft characters that leap off the page and into the hearts and minds of your audience. Define the relationships between your characters by assigning thematic elements to character icons. Explore character relationships and see how they help or hinder each other. Decide what's motivating your characters and how they'll express the central themes of your story.

Story Engine
Dramatica's Story Engine takes you to the heart of your story, graphically showing you how the changing of one dramatic element ripples throughout your story and influences its structure. Explore your creative choices here as Dramatica interacts with you, intuitively changing the impact of your story on an audience.

Story Status
Responding to your choices, Dramatica shows you what other character, plot, and themes issues you need to address, and in what order, to come out with a perfectly structured story. As each stage of Story development is completed, Dramatica gives you visual feedback on your progress, staying with your until your story is fully realized.

Tutorial & Help
A complete online Tutorial nurtures you through the story creation process. Dramatica's searchable, indexed Help System provides accessible guidance instantly, while the entire Dramatica Theory Book online provides helpful background.

Theme Browser
In one place, see how all your story's thematic elements interconnect. Zoom in to focus on one area of your story, or zoom out to get a bird's eye view of the big picture.

Plot Progression
Dramatica shows you the linear act structure of your story's 4 throughlines from beginning to middle to end. Each throughline has 4 plot points-signposts indicating how the story will spin from act to act-and 3 acts-your characters' emotional journeys from one plot point to the next.

Scene Creation
Here's where you weave together all the parts of the story you've developed. Determine how elements of character, plot, and theme will be revealed to your audience over time. Illustrate how they'll show up in the story by assigning them to the specific Scenes, Acts, or Chapters that combine to make up your story's outline, treatment, or plot synopsis.

Amazing Export for Screenwriter Users
Users of Movie Magic Screenwriter can import their Dramatica story treatment directly into a formatted script. All character names and descriptions, scene headings, and scene descriptions are formatted automatically-you're up and running on your first draft!

The End Result
Gain deeper insight into your story with Dramatica's detailed reports. Export your story treatment-containing the scene-by-scene narrative plot synopsis (novelists) or treatment (scriptwriters) -into your favorite word processor for further rewriting.

Dramatica Pro Demo

This Demo allows you to create fully realized characters and generate a story plot. It is fully functional with the exception of exporting, printing, and saving.

* Windows (7.5 MB)
Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, NT & XP
* Macintosh (9.1 MB)
OSX 10.2 or greater (10.3 or greater recommended)


System Requirements:

Windows:

* Pentium class or better
* Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, NT & XP
* 32 MB RAM
* 30 Megabytes of Hard Disk Space
* CD-ROM drive

Mac:

* PowerPC G3 or greater
* OS X 10.2 or higher (10.3 or higher recommended)
* 128MB RAM
* 30 Megabytes of Hard Disk Space
* CD-ROM drive

Free add-ons For Dramatica Pro:

The Dramatica Pro Story Wizard is a free add-on for Windows users. It allows for easier access to the Structure Templates or existing story files.

NEW FEATURES IN 2.0

* Easy access to the example files.
* New Search feature.
* Most Recently Used List of Story Files. (Windows XP and 2000 only)


REQUIREMENTS

Dramatica 4.0 must already be installed.