Sublime

‘a neurosis is a secret you don’t know you’re keeping’.

Good structure will deliver a crisis point that forces the protagonist to choose between their old and new selves.

The therapeutic benefit is the observation that we are generally very good at loving children. Our ability to continue to keep calm around children is founded on the fact that we take it for granted that they are not able to explain what is really bothering them. We deduce the real cause of their sorrow from amid the external symptoms of rage,

Exploiting the human desire to fuse opposites can be a profitable business, but when it’s done with skill and insight it can be a meaningful one too.

Hochschild notes that “the authors of advice books act as emotional investment counselors. They do readings of broad social conditions and recommend to readers of various types, how, how much and in whom to ‘invest’ emotional attention.”45

Most of us have been frustrated by long-running shows where ingénue characters never seem to learn from their experiences, or equally annoyed when they do learn and stop being the character we first fell in love with.

Practice “Just Because I Choose To”

if you disguise exposition with ‘emotional overlay’, it’s rendered