Bridging the artificial canyons between art and commercial story, between the fictive and the so-called factual, Pockets is a occasional series of web log posts that explores the principles of great dramatic narrative, whether they have been followed or not…

Why Dramatics Eats Analytics for Lunch

There have been seven ages of story to date – poetry, theater, fiction, cinema, radio, television and now the internet. None has superseded the other – each has enriched the previous ones not only in terms of inspiration but imaginative cross-pollination. In fact, story precedes the evolution of language and writing itself, and the visual language of drama comes full circle on today’s mobile screen. Cave painting and Netflix have Continue reading Why Dramatics Eats Analytics for Lunch