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A like the Chipperish Media "How Story Works" way -- instead of binary conflicts, characters are built on Triangles: weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and strengths. The same trait may be any one of ...
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2020-02-10T14:22:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T04:08:07Z (about 5 years ago)
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A like the Chipperish Media "How Story Works" way -- instead of binary conflicts, characters are built on Triangles: weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and strengths. The same trait may be any one of these: I may be bad at math, but if I don't care, it's only a weakness, not a vulnerability. If I'm a manager and I might miss some embezzlement because I assume the numbers people have that part handled, it's a vulnerability. If my problems with math has me focus on other ways to understand data (visually, for example), then it's a strength. What matters is how a character's vulnerabilities and strengths/weaknesses affect their pursuit of their goal. [https://chipperish.com/2017/08/28/hsw-22-the-character-triangle/](https://chipperish.com/2017/08/28/hsw-22-the-character-triangle/) (an episode of the How Story Works podcast) has more details.
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2019-02-21T17:48:42Z (almost 6 years ago)
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