I have a handle on most Dramatica terms but Im having troubles conceptualizing Objective Character. Is Objective Character the same as Obstacle character?
No, they are quite different. 1. Objective Characters have structural roles and are identified by their functions. 2. The Obstacle character is a SUBJECTIVE character, which are identified by their points of view. Here’s a bit more background on how it all fits together… A central concept of the Dramatica theory is that every complete story represents a model of a single human mind trying to deal with an inequity. This occurs because in order to communicate an author must make a copy of what they have in mind and show it to the audience. This model of the author’s perspective on his or her subject is called the Story Mind. The audience examines this Story Mind from four different points of view. They are the Objective view (where we find the Objective Characters), The Main Character view (which is the subjective character who represents the audience position in the story), the Obstacle Character view (which is the subjective character who is trying to change the Main Character’s poin
