Dramatica Pro® Reviews
“I believe there is no tool out there that allows you to skirt formulaic
writing better than Dramatica.”
Michael Backes, Apple Master;
Screenwriter, Rising Sun
Cofounder, American Film Institute/Apple Computer
Center for Film and Video Makers
“Dramatica: Indispensable power tools for my imagination . . . Dramatica is
my indispensable tool both in bringing form to my new novels and in the repair
and tune-up of stories that I am revisiting. It has added a new, grander
dimension to my craft. These are power tools no storyteller should be
without.”
Tracy Hickman, NY Times Bestselling Author, DragonLance
(series), Rose of the Prophet (series), Deathgate Cycle (series), Bronze
Chronicles (series)
“The story for “Copy Shop” was in my head for 10 years. Dramatica is with me
for 5 years – long enough to burn the 12 essential questions into my
subconsciousness. The 12 minute film won 25 international awards and an
Oscar-nomination.”
Virgil Widrich, 2001 Oscar Nominee
Best Short
Film: “Copy Shop”
“I suppose subjecting myself to the process—the discipline of Dramatica—has
had an invaluable consequence: I have more confidence in the final product. I
know the bones of the screenplay are good because I know I made my fundamental
decisions in a most dramatically informed way.”
Marc Moss,
Screenwriter
Along Came A Spider, Flint
“Dramatica is a dream come true for any writer who thinks in cinematic terms,
and it makes a wonderful creative companion. You cannot take your brain off
it!!!”
Euzhan Palcy, Screenwriter/ Director
A Dry White Season,
Sugar Cane Alley, Cesar
“Dramatica Pro guides you through the nitty gritty of creating your story.
It’s a focusing tool. I’ve taken my story ideas with character sketches and
plugged them into the Dramatica Pro program. By the time I finished answering
all of the questions, my story is fully realized and I’m ready to
write.”
Yvette Freeman, Writer/Actor
Winner—Hollywood Black Film
Festival Screenwriter Award
“Dramatica is the most effective tool in the market place today for writer’s
on every level.”
Bill Duke, Actor/ Producer/ Director, The Limey,
Payback, Hoodlum, Sister Act II
“Dramatica Pro is a story development tool I am pleased to recommend to other
writers. It can either develop a story with minimal feedback from the writer or
significantly enhance an existing idea by fanning writer passion to an
unexpected level. This has allowed my story development process to shift in
several truly systemic ways.”
David O’Neal, Novelist, Fool Me Twice,
What Goes Around, The Pact With Bruno, Choosing to Kill
“I had my pitch meeting with a producer… Everything he wanted to know I’d
been forced to game out with my ol’ friend Dramatica… the program will make your
job as a writer not only easier, but more fun. By the way, I got the
deal.”
David Obst, Wired Magazine; Author, Too Good to Be Forgotten:
Changing America in the ‘60s and ‘70s
“Dramatica is an essential tool for developing a story’s structure. I used it
extensively to develop a screenplay that was awarded first place in the
SlamDance Screenwriting Competition.”
Carl Weaver, 1st Place
Winner
SlamDance Competition
My comedy won the first prize in the ‘Salzburg Screenplay Competition’ today.
The jury said that my script was miles ahead of all others.”
Virgil
Widrich, Winner of the Salzburg Screenplay Competition
“I finished the first draft story outline of a piece I’ve been working on for
a couple of months. It came together exactly as I had envisioned it. While I
credit myself for a large part of that, endless accolades must go out to
Dramatica. The program forced me to focus on exactly what I wanted to do. It
also gave me great insights as to do much of it. You guys really did a job with
this program.”
Dana Cameron, Writer
”...I can say that I have never approached a book project with more
confidence that I am on the right path. Dramatica Pro refuses to let me off the
hook; rather, it forces me to think things through, directly and indirectly, in
such a way that no avenues seem to be left unexplored. I feel certain that this
thoroughness will eliminate problems down the road—problems that surely would
have emerged without Dramatica Pro’s vaccination. The process also seems to be
drawing from me more than I knew I had in me. That feels good, and is
reinforcing as I work through my story idea.”
Patricia Sierra,
Writer
“Creating characters can drive a comic bananas and I take my funny business
very seriously. That’s why I chose Dramatica Pro to make my work fun. There’s
only one thing missing – Comedica Pro.”
Kat Caverly, aka Shirley
Kenosha, Writer/Comedian, TomKat Productions, NYC
“I LOVE this software! You and your have my deepest gratitude. That you offer
different approaches to the process is extraordinary in software, period, but
also, indispensable for a creative modeler like this.”
Roseanne
Johnston, Writer
“Obviously I would not be writing if I had not derived a great deal of
enjoyment and many productive hours from Dramatica. It is an impressive and
graceful achievement.”
Derrick Smith, Writer
“I was intrigued enough by the recent write-up of Dramatica in the current
issue of the Writers Guild Journal to order a copy of theory book from your
company. I am pausing after just a few pages to give you this feedback: The
first four pages are perhaps the most intellectually elegant profoundly
reframing words I have ever read concerning the idea of story.”
Jim
Boke Tomlin, Writer
“Thanks for a terrific program. Out of the box and without even looking at
the manual, I used it to help me find a problem in a script I had written and
optioned a couple of years ago, but attracted no further interest. Then I read
the manual and have since been using it to outline a novel.”
John
Michael Flynn, Writer
“I’ve tried other programs and they are all fine products, but Dramatica
takes you to deeper levels… If I were to rate the programs I’ve tried, I’d give
top prize to this one. I first read about it in Writers Digest and was curious
since it was the only one rated ‘Excellent’ in the story development software
category. Now I see why.”
Robert F.Phillips, Writer
“Congratulations on a great software!... I’m currently in the process of
rewriting a script that I had nearly completed a month ago. Dramatica pointed
out the weaknesses in my story structure in the first seven days after
installation.”
Jan Wellman, Writer