Thursday, Feb. 25

A Simple Definition for Mental Sex

Melanie explains, in very simple terms, the primary difference between the way a “male” mind works and a “female” mind works. Dramatica refers to this as Mental Sex and is an important concept to understand when trying to structure a complete story. The Mental Sex of your Main Character (regardless of gender) will determine the order things happen in your story.

One sees easily the arrangement of things, and works to figure out how things are going (paths). That’s seeing logic and figuring the emotions. The other sees emotions clearly, which give meaning, but need to work to see what the mechanism is. Again, its only an influence, and training can counteract it, though not eliminate it.