Question: Applying Justification Levels to My Story
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 12:32 pm
Hello,
I am thrilled with Melanie and Chris having come up with a way to define steadfast and change character growth instead of just making them be one-note. In a tape cassette lecture series, they explained the four levels of justification... which are different between steadfast and change.
My question: I'm foggy on how to sync what they said about shifting paradigms with my IC and MC.
My steadfast IC is like Ben Kenobi, enamored with a spiritual method. So, he's going through the levels in a forward direction. My change MC becomes frustrated her materialistic method doesn't work. She'd be going in reverse. The true problem and solution are in the Psychology domain.
Forward - Steadfast IC (Be-er)
Source of his drive is proving he is a reincarnation of someone famous.
Level 1: He tries to solve the problem externally. Can't be done.
Level 2:
in the Physical domain. Can't be done.
Level 2: He tries
Level 3:
Level 4: he locks into thinking the (physical?) domain is the source of his problem, not the solution.
Reverse - Change MC (Do-er) (the twisted PSR view would be noticeable here)
She must become convinced how important & powerful the spiritual side is.
Level 4: she's been locked into thinking the Psychology domain is the source of her problem, not the solution.
Level 3: equivalent of using one element in place of another (i.e. logic over emotion) has created problems.
Level 2: she deals with how much the Physical domain has shifted (not where the true problem is).
Level 1: she winds up seeing the problem truly was in the Psychology domain all along.
I am thrilled with Melanie and Chris having come up with a way to define steadfast and change character growth instead of just making them be one-note. In a tape cassette lecture series, they explained the four levels of justification... which are different between steadfast and change.
My question: I'm foggy on how to sync what they said about shifting paradigms with my IC and MC.
My steadfast IC is like Ben Kenobi, enamored with a spiritual method. So, he's going through the levels in a forward direction. My change MC becomes frustrated her materialistic method doesn't work. She'd be going in reverse. The true problem and solution are in the Psychology domain.
Forward - Steadfast IC (Be-er)
Source of his drive is proving he is a reincarnation of someone famous.
Level 1: He tries to solve the problem externally. Can't be done.
Level 2:
in the Physical domain. Can't be done.
Level 2: He tries
Level 3:
Level 4: he locks into thinking the (physical?) domain is the source of his problem, not the solution.
Reverse - Change MC (Do-er) (the twisted PSR view would be noticeable here)
She must become convinced how important & powerful the spiritual side is.
Level 4: she's been locked into thinking the Psychology domain is the source of her problem, not the solution.
Level 3: equivalent of using one element in place of another (i.e. logic over emotion) has created problems.
Level 2: she deals with how much the Physical domain has shifted (not where the true problem is).
Level 1: she winds up seeing the problem truly was in the Psychology domain all along.