Creating a Dramatica-Based Screenwriter Template
Posted: Feb 24, 2011 2:06 pm
I understand that a basic screenwriting outline follows this structure:
Act
- Sequence
-- Scene
--- Beat
Dramatica seems to have this basic outline structure:
Class
- Type
-- Variation
--- Element
I would like to combine the best of both worlds to create an expanded Screenwriter outline that would allow me to make notes with respect to each Dramatica outline element, inlcuding throughlines and signposts.
Using the default Screenwriter template, my first draft of the template outline is as follows:
Act
- Class
-- Sequence
--- Signpost
---- Throughline
----- Type
------ Scene Heading
------- Scene
------- Variation
------- Shot
-------- Element
--------- Beat
---------- Note
Does that look like I have ordered items properly, or should adjustments be made?
Act
- Sequence
-- Scene
--- Beat
Dramatica seems to have this basic outline structure:
Class
- Type
-- Variation
--- Element
I would like to combine the best of both worlds to create an expanded Screenwriter outline that would allow me to make notes with respect to each Dramatica outline element, inlcuding throughlines and signposts.
Using the default Screenwriter template, my first draft of the template outline is as follows:
Act
- Class
-- Sequence
--- Signpost
---- Throughline
----- Type
------ Scene Heading
------- Scene
------- Variation
------- Shot
-------- Element
--------- Beat
---------- Note
Does that look like I have ordered items properly, or should adjustments be made?