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Hi everyone,

I realized that one thing I was lacking was a visual tool for seeing how the thematic variations related to one another across throughlines, so as a software programmer I decided to build it myself. I set it up with the values for the story I'm currently working on. But I'm thinking if anyone else would benefit from this I may go ahead and make it editable... Let me know what you think.

http://www.jefferycotton.net/dramatica/themeexplorer/themeexplorer.htm

Nicely done. For some of my stories I've tried making lists to show some of those connections, but your chart is much more elegant. Thanks for sharing it.

That's pretty cool, and a great way to get a sense of that storyform. Those patterns change depending on the choices you make to determine the storyform, but it goes a long way to getting an idea of what may be happening "inside" the storyform.

Thanks, Chris. Yes, having this has REALLY helped me see relationships. It also made clear in this particular storyform how important the symptom/response pair of reaction/proaction are!