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If dramatic structure is intrinsic to the human mind, it suggests, perhaps, that there could be a psychological basis for the paradoxes that inform all great drama and characterization.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
The Psychology Workbook for Writers: Tools for Creating Realistic Characters and Conflict in Fiction
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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.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
- Be a “researcher” in relationships.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Brain Pickings
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the author will actively pursue a specific goal (the point they are trying to make), positing a theory, exploring it and coming to a conclusion.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Therapy builds on the idea of a return to live feelings. It’s only when we’re properly in touch with our feelings that we can correct them with the help of our more mature faculties – and thereby address the real troubles of our adult lives.
Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
Good Inside: The new Sunday Times bestselling gentle parenting guide for fans of Philippa Perry
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