March 2, 1992 - Dramatica Development Memo

Hypercard format needs to be revamped, as the quad box arrangement of elements is different for each thematic perspective.

The Thematic points ARE the simple characters. Theme describes the outcome, Character describes potential.

The Right minded nodal point load up is important, because it is actually part of the structure and dynamics of each story. The Thematic points in the RMNPLU will appear to be the premises of the Left. They will be such things as Greed, Fear, Hate, Love, Lust, etc.

Outcome (Theme) and potential (Character) are only one dynamic pair of the quad. The other pair is in the RMNPLU. They will be the Resistance and the Current. Only by including the RMNPLU in the engine will many aspects of story dynamics be predictable.

When we looked at plot and seemed to see invalidations of the Z pattern, we were actually seeing the effect of the RMNPLU on the story universe. Again, the white elements remain the same. They are the maximum diffusion of the perspectives that function as a single pivot point to all aspects of story structure.

The Type names in the RMNPLU will be TKAD and Time Space, Mass and Energy. Each load up is a way of looking at the totality of the interrelationships between Mind and Universe. The Left version shows the relationship between Mind and Universe, the Right version shows the relationship between the Mind's view of the Mind and the Mind's view of the Universe.

Togther, they create the four points of the Justification map we used to have on the dry marker board. M, M', U, U'. When looking at the Dynamic Quardrangle for a specific story, we get the projection we were working with that had a quad of Character, a quad of Theme, a quad of Type, and a quad of Perspectives. But to create the engine that determines the generic arrangement of the Dynamic Quadrangle, we need the RMNPLU.

One set of quad names in the RMNPLU will be Fear, Lust, etc. The other set will be Intersecting, Parallel, Speed, Direction - all the physical terms we discarded months ago. One man's character is another man's premise. Fear and Lust, will describe the nature of a character as much as Protagonist.

When the Left of Right is seen as Structure, the other is seen as Dynamics. The relationship between Structure and Dynamics is like that of Musical Notes and Melody. The levels of each Load Up provide Harmony in Structure and Sychopation in the Dynamics.

Melanie