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Hawkins Scale of Consiousness can be a great storytelling tool.
Allow me to explain...
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Allow me to explain...
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This is David Hawkins Scale of Consciousness.
It shows the emotional expression of people as they increase their vibration and get closer to enlightenment.
Whether it is true or valid is irrelevant to out discussion here.
We’re looking at it as a tool for creating stories
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It shows the emotional expression of people as they increase their vibration and get closer to enlightenment.
Whether it is true or valid is irrelevant to out discussion here.
We’re looking at it as a tool for creating stories
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With great stories
EMOTION DICTATES PLOT
The emotion comes first which then tells you what events to write about.
Beginners get this backwards.
They come up with a bunch of mere events without the emotional journey.
Using the Scale of Consciousness fixes this.
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EMOTION DICTATES PLOT
The emotion comes first which then tells you what events to write about.
Beginners get this backwards.
They come up with a bunch of mere events without the emotional journey.
Using the Scale of Consciousness fixes this.
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A HEROIC TALE
A happy story involves the story of a character moving Up the scale.
So the protagonist might start off as a timid person (Fear)
Suffer a tragedy (grief)
Tackle their demons (anger)
And stumble bc of ego (pride)
Before overcoming & being ready for life (hope)
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A happy story involves the story of a character moving Up the scale.
So the protagonist might start off as a timid person (Fear)
Suffer a tragedy (grief)
Tackle their demons (anger)
And stumble bc of ego (pride)
Before overcoming & being ready for life (hope)
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See how it works?
And this was linear for the sake of simplicity.
You can move a character up &down the scale, snakes and ladders-like to build tension.
If you reflect this is how real life journeys transpire. Two steps forward one step back.
Boring stories are too smooth
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And this was linear for the sake of simplicity.
You can move a character up &down the scale, snakes and ladders-like to build tension.
If you reflect this is how real life journeys transpire. Two steps forward one step back.
Boring stories are too smooth
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The emphasis on emotional movement naturally gives your story propulsion.
In fact, if you just think up a sequence of different movements up and down the scale, your mind will easily form a plausible plot within these to manifest.
This system is great for idea generation.
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In fact, if you just think up a sequence of different movements up and down the scale, your mind will easily form a plausible plot within these to manifest.
This system is great for idea generation.
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TRAGEDY
A tragic tale involves a character ultimately ending up at a lower place on the scale
For contrast they will usually start at a place of neutrality or higher and then descend
Romeo starts at neutrality &moves as high as Love & joy before descending all the way down
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A tragic tale involves a character ultimately ending up at a lower place on the scale
For contrast they will usually start at a place of neutrality or higher and then descend
Romeo starts at neutrality &moves as high as Love & joy before descending all the way down
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Hamlet sinks from neutrality all the way down to the very depth of despair and apathy
Othello too
Any character who murders or kills themselves is at the very bottom of the scale
And this is the value of tragedy, to make us reflect on the bottom without having to go there
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Othello too
Any character who murders or kills themselves is at the very bottom of the scale
And this is the value of tragedy, to make us reflect on the bottom without having to go there
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STORIES ARE SURVIVAL INFORMATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS ENCODED EMOTIONALLY
They don’t resonate and stick without this element
So we need to learn to shape stories in terms of waves of emotion
Hawkins Scale is an invaluable reference for this
Emotion dictates plot. Always
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They don’t resonate and stick without this element
So we need to learn to shape stories in terms of waves of emotion
Hawkins Scale is an invaluable reference for this
Emotion dictates plot. Always
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Thanks for reading. I hope this was useful to you.
This may seem esoteric and niche but there is a lot of hard won storytelling info in here that I haven’t encountered elsewhere.
Also thanks to everyone who helped get me to 5k.
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This may seem esoteric and niche but there is a lot of hard won storytelling info in here that I haven’t encountered elsewhere.
Also thanks to everyone who helped get me to 5k.
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