Each story, and each character, is unique, and so the degree of change will be particular to your character and story situation. Once you determine the degree of change your character undergoes, evolution or transformation, you will be clearer about your overall deep story design.
In chess, the game is over when the king falls, but the queen is the strongest piece during the game. She has the most power and flexibility. If you lose your queen it's almost guaranteed you'll lose the game as well. In many ways, the queen rules the gameplay, but...
You have a ton of tasks to tend to when it comes to crafting your stories, and writing scenes is one of them. What is a scene? A useful writer’s definition goes something like this: a scene consists of action through conflict in more or less continuous time and space...
In the midst of all the changes in the world, we are invited to make some new choices—collectively and individually. Unexpected changes bring us face to face with unexpected choices—to let go of certain assumptions and plans, to reframe cultural beliefs and “norms,”...
Lately I've been dipping into Pema Chodron's book Comfortable with Uncertainty (Shambhala, 2002). I'm at an uncertain point in my life and needing reminders to breathe deeply, face my fears, and accept that everything is impermanent. I'm reminded that all of this is...
In the midst of all the changes in the world, we are invited to make some new choices—collectively and individually. Unexpected changes bring us face to face with unexpected choices—to let go of certain assumptions and plans, to reframe cultural beliefs and “norms,”...
Each story, and each character, is unique, and so the degree of change will be particular to your character and story situation. Once you determine the degree of change your character undergoes, evolution or transformation, you will be clearer about your overall deep story design.
In chess, the game is over when the king falls, but the queen is the strongest piece during the game. She has the most power and...
You have a ton of tasks to tend to when it comes to crafting your stories, and writing scenes is one of them. What is a scene? A...
In the midst of all the changes in the world, we are invited to make some new choices—collectively and individually. Unexpected...
Lately I've been dipping into Pema Chodron's book Comfortable with Uncertainty (Shambhala, 2002). I'm at an uncertain point in...
In the midst of all the changes in the world, we are invited to make some new choices—collectively and individually. Unexpected...
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