While writing scenes, we need to keep three curves in mind: External value shifts (life/death for action) Internal value shifts (wisdom/folly for revelation) Tension I envision an optimal tension curve […]
Category: Inspirations for Writing
How to POV? The Technicalities
There are many online articles about what POV (Point of View) is, but few on how to create one. What are the technicalities? The simplest way to explain POV is […]
The Hero’s Journey and the Kübler-Ross Model
The Kübler-Ross model details how we react, emotionally, to loss/adversity. These are the stages: Shock Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Deliberation Choice Integration Adversities kick off archetypal experiences cycles or pheres: […]
The Heroic Journey of the Hero’s Journey, Part 3
The Hero’s Journey, the Storygrid Fifteen/Twenty Core Scenes, and the Conventions and Obligatory Scenes of the Thriller In the Heroic Journey of the Hero’s Journey, Part 2, I showed how […]
Internal Content Genres
Good stories have two arks: The external ark of the story and the internal ark of the protagonist. Stories are about change and stories with flat characters are exactly that […]