General Information about the StoryGuide and Query System
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The StoryGuide, also known as the Dramatica Query System (DQS), employs a question and answer approach to Storyforming.
The primary strengths of the StoryGuide include:
•A focus on one item at a time, which reduces confusion for newer users.
•The use of a step-by-step guidance through Storyforming, Illustrating, and Storyweaving.
•An abundance of support material available in the HelpView.
•Allows for multiple approaches to Storyforming and Illustrating.
The principle advantage of the StoryGuide/DQS--focusing your attention on one topic at a time--is also one of its weaknesses. It allows you to make selections without presenting a lot of extra, confusing material, but doesn't help you get an overall sense of the impact your selections have on the rest of the storyform. (For a more holistic method of Storyforming, see the section on the Story Engine command.)
What follows is some basic information on Dramatica Story Expert's query system and StoryGuide. This section has these subtopics: