Previously I had interpreted what Chris had said about Tearing Down or Building Up to be tied to the Main Character Growth. This was wrong.
Sort of.
It really depends on whether you are talking about resolving the inequity or creating the inequity.
If I don’t have a problem, then I have a problem, but I don’t want to deal [...]
Entries Tagged with 'steadfast main character'
backstory/forestory Change MC
August 16th, 2005 · 2 Comments
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where is the Impact Character?
August 15th, 2005 · 4 Comments
So where is the Impact Character in all of these analogies about walls and wells?
If I’m a Change Main Character, then the Impact Character is that guy shining that flashlight either down that well or up on that wall - showing me that yes, indeed, I do have a problem.
If I’m a Steadfast Main Character, then the [...]
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well or wall for a Steadfast character
August 13th, 2005 · No Comments
So how does this analogy work for a Steadfast character?
There are two different ways of looking at it.
You have the one where you are in a well, and it is slowly filling up with water. And then you have the one where the water is coming in and you’re trying to build a wall, or a [...]
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clearing things up - Steadfast character
July 10th, 2005 · 4 Comments
And now let’s clear things up for the Steadfast character…
Imagine you’re in a room that’s going to start filling up with water. It starts out very slow. So you put in a row of bricks and stand on it. But then, the room starts filling up faster. So you put up some [...]
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different steadfast characters
May 27th, 2005 · No Comments
Not all Steadfast characters are created equal.
Over the course of a story, their Justifications will be either Built Up or Torn Down.
Chris has gone over this a couple of times over the years, but I always wanted something in print that I could refer back to. If you go to the Dramatica MP3 Page, and scroll [...]
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