A holistic view of the story by the author tacitly accepts a particular way of looking at cause and effect. In many ways this pervades the story even in the choice of genre or milieu. This metaphysical worldview should not be assumed to be the author’s actual beliefs, but the lens in which they choose […]
Read More Metaphysical Genres and Consistency in StoriesI saw on twitter a link to an old 2012 blog post by N. K. Jemison about magic, specifically about how some kinds of fantasy writers want a magic system that works somewhat like physics, with logical rules and specific recipes for achieving instrumental control of what the educated wizard wants to put out into […]
Read More The Magic of Moral PrinciplesK. M. Weiland has just completed an excellent series on her blog about archetypal character arcs. I love how each arc leads to a subsequent arc as natural journeys through life. Mainly its about ego, alternating “female” arcs individuating the ego from society, and then “male” arcs integrating the ego back into society. There are […]
Read More Archetypal Character Arcs & Plot StructureSo I’ve been exploring an idea about a different way to structure narratives, and in the end found Hero’s Journeys and Seeker’s Journeys have structures that provide insight into each other. Everybody will tell you stories are about conflicts. Having a problem and by the end solving it or not. But writer Ursula K. Le […]
Read More Finding The Seeker’s Journey
R. K. Persaud 