Creative Thinking

A victim has no plan. They are waiting for a rescuer. A villain has a plan for destruction and strategizes vengeance on a world that has hurt them. A hero…

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

The hero should have a want: Narrative traction When an audience can’t determine what a hero wants, or when what the hero wants is too elusive for the audience to…

The Hero want something specific contd Once the hero defines what they want, the story begins. And why does the story begin? Because, again, when a hero defines what they…

The Hero want something specific A storyteller must define the exact thing the hero wants. They want to win the karate tournament. They want to save their father’s company. They…

Meaning is existential. To be more precise, it is an emotional state you experience under certain circumstances, and those circumstances can be created by us, and they are relatively easy…

Meaning is not an idea to be agreed with. It is a feeling you get when you live as a hero on a mission. And it cannot be experienced without…

However, when we surface our heroic energy, we realize that our lives are not completely in the hands of fate. We have the power to change our circumstances with courage.…

The Hero on a Mission Life Plan is based on two ideas: the first is Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy, and the second is the elements that drive an interesting story. This…

Our story’s quality depends on the character we play. If we operate from a victim identity, we believe we are helpless and at the mercy of fate. If we operate…