Defining the Feeling of Tension in Your Story

In this episode we take a look at the Audience Appreciation known as Essence and search for a new way to define it that is easy to understand for writers new to Dramatica. In addition, we have follow-up from last week's "controversial" podcast on Mental Sex and a brief Conversation with Melanie Anne Phillips, one of the co-creators of the theory.

Links and Show Notes

What is Mental Relativity Melanie explains the foundation of Dramatica
Mental Sex is Not Sexist We get letters. And sometimes they're not very well thought out.
The Concept of Problem-Solving Last year's attempt to call me a sexist.
Writing a Holistic Assassin Chris Huntley recommends an approach to writing a killer who prefers to solve problems holistically...
The Throughlines of Sideways Last week's Throughline Thursdays takes a look at this Oscar-winning film

Narrative First theme by Alex Hull. Hear more on his Soundcloud, Operation Solace

...and yes...

...that's me playing Journey's Faithfully at the end...:)