Find Your Storyform
Jim Hull
Dramatica Expert & Narrative Architect
Find the structure hiding inside the story you already want to tell
Your story has energy—but the pieces may not yet feel like they belong to the same whole. The protagonist’s struggle, the larger conflict, a pivotal relationship, and your own creative instincts can all point in different directions.
In this live working session, Jim Hull will help you use Dramatica® to identify the central problem driving your story, map its Four Throughlines, and pressure-test the structural choices that matter most.
You won’t be handed a formula or asked to surrender your intent to AI. You’ll leave with a Storyform Hypothesis: a practical map of the story you may be telling, the choices that already appear strong, the questions still unresolved, and the next three actions that can move the work forward.
What you’ll learn
Turn a promising but uncertain story into a coherent structural hypothesis you can test and develop.
Separate the Objective Story, Main Character, Influence Character, and Relationship Story.
See how each Throughline contributes a distinct view of the same central inequity.
Recognize where one Throughline may be carrying work that belongs in another.
Name the central problem your story keeps returning to beneath its plot events.
Test major structural choices against the meaning and experience you intend.
Distinguish a promising hypothesis from a verified Storyform—and know what evidence is missing.
Capture your current hypothesis in a practical Storyform Hypothesis Map.
Identify the structural choice that feels strongest and the question that needs resolution next.
Choose three focused actions to continue developing the story after the workshop.
Workshop agenda
0:00–0:20 — Establish the problem
Turn the story as currently understood into a concise Story Problem Brief and identify the conflict beneath the plot.
0:20–0:50 — See a Storyform emerge
Follow a live demonstration of how Dramatica turns story evidence into testable structural choices.
0:50–1:25 — Map the Four Throughlines
Separate the Objective Story, Main Character, Influence Character, and Relationship Story in your own project.
1:35–2:10 — Pressure-test the hypothesis
After a ten-minute break, test your emerging Storyform against the meaning and experience you intend.
2:10–3:00 — Hot seats and next steps
Work through selected projects, complete your Storyform Hypothesis Map, and choose your next three actions.
Learn directly from Jim
Jim Hull
CEO of The Dramatica Co., helping people turn narrative intent into structure.
Who this workshop is for
Screenwriters and novelists with a promising, stuck, or difficult-to-explain story they genuinely want to develop.
Creators and communicators in entertainment, education, or business who want compelling stories that hold attention and move an audience.
Dramatica users who know the vocabulary but want expert guidance applying it to one real story.
Prerequisites
A real story you want to develop
Bring one screenplay, novel, series, game, audio drama, or developed concept. It may be early, drafted, or somewhere in between.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Jim Hull in a real-time, interactive format.
Three-hour live working session
Work directly with Jim in a small cohort as you map and test the structure of your own story.
Storyform Hypothesis Map
Leave with your strongest structural choice, the key question still unresolved, and three next actions.
Replay and working materials
Revisit the session recording and use the workshop materials as you continue developing your story.
One month of Dramatica Plus
Continue in the Dramatica Narrative Platform after the workshop as you test your Storyform Hypothesis and take the next steps in your story.
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