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backstory/forestory Steadfast MC

backstory/forestory Steadfast MC

August 17, 2005

Continuing exploration of problem-solving and justification. Here we take a look at the nature of the Steadfast Main Character.

And the reverse is true as well…

Removing the justification is the Forestory for a Change Main Character and the Backstory for a Steadfast Main Character.

For a Steadfast Main Character this would be more about creating the position he will hold on to. It would be about how he got to where he is through some experience he had to deal with. It’s that idea, “This has happened before to me, and damnit! I’m not going to let it happen again!”

This is the beginning of a Justification. You are saying, “I’m not going to respond to this that way, I’m going to respond to it this way.”

The Steadfast character is not trying to solve the inequity. Instead, they are taking a stand.

The minute you do that you are creating a justifcation.

You are not looking at the relationship between you and the problem. You are standing on one side, and basically trying to make the other side come to you.

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