Need help determining appropriate Overall Story Throughline
Posted: Oct 01, 2009 6:25 pm
I'm new to using Dramatica but am quickly seeing the potential to improve my screenplay. I'm trying to determine the correct choice for the Overall Story Throughline. I'm confused by what is meant by defining "the nature of the problems ALL characters are dealing with".
I'm going to simplify my story a great deal here...my MC is a journalist whose main goal is to determine whether a couple have the magical powers that they (and others) claim they do. He starts out as a skeptic but gradually comes to believe that they are both legitimate. The truth (that he ultimately discovers) is that one of the "wizards" is a fake and one is the real deal. BOTH "wizards" are trying to prevent the journalist from learning the truth (one is trying to protect the other's reputation). They just want the public to go on thinking/believing that they BOTH are legitimate. I'm leaning towards choosing "Activity" as the Overall Story Throughline. Does that sound right based on what I have described so far?
NOTE: The other characters in the story fall into the categories of Sidekick, Skeptic, Guardian, believers, non-believers, undecided, and a Doctor who is trying to expose the couple as a fraud.
I'm going to simplify my story a great deal here...my MC is a journalist whose main goal is to determine whether a couple have the magical powers that they (and others) claim they do. He starts out as a skeptic but gradually comes to believe that they are both legitimate. The truth (that he ultimately discovers) is that one of the "wizards" is a fake and one is the real deal. BOTH "wizards" are trying to prevent the journalist from learning the truth (one is trying to protect the other's reputation). They just want the public to go on thinking/believing that they BOTH are legitimate. I'm leaning towards choosing "Activity" as the Overall Story Throughline. Does that sound right based on what I have described so far?
NOTE: The other characters in the story fall into the categories of Sidekick, Skeptic, Guardian, believers, non-believers, undecided, and a Doctor who is trying to expose the couple as a fraud.