Power of Imagination

#ThinkpieceThursday – Movie Animals as Character Types

#ThinkpieceThursday – Even Animals have Character Types

#ThinkpieceThursday – Why Nine Character Types?

#ThinkpieceThursday – 9 is more than just a number

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#TypesTuesday – Community and Interdependent Characters

#TypesTuesday – Ensembles work best when each character relies on the others

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#TypesTuesday – Rick & Morty: Excitement and Imagination

#TypesTuesday – Different character types at odds with each other create plot

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#TypesTuesday – Doctor Who: 1 Character, 9 Types

#TypesTuesday – Doctor Who Is One Character Who Has Been Every Type

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Mythic Heroes – Power of Imagination

#TypesTuesday – Move off the emotional playing field at your peril

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Why is the Cop on the Job?

“Why” cops do what they are do and “Why” they are affected by the job

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as a Classic Hero

Rudolph tells us all we need to know about heroes.

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Archetype or Character Type? Wizards in Harry Potter

#TypesTuesday – There is no one way to be a wizard.

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The Game of Throne brings its relationships to life with complex characters that have a specific point of view and whose actions are always consistent with their particular way of looking at the world, their role in the world, and their philosophy of life, love, and power.

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Vintage Cop Shows – Why Is The Cop On The Job?

“How” a crime is solved is so much less important than “Why” the cops are doing what they are doing and “Why” they are affected by the job. If there is no “Why” it’s just cops going through the motions.

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The Role of Impulse in Creating Three Dimensional Characters

#ThinkpieceThursday – A character’s Immediate Response is where the character goes first emotionally.

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A Bug’s Life & Revolution in the Middle East

I watched Pixar’s A Bug’s Life last night was struck by the similarities in the story to what is happening in Egypt and all around the Middle East. The film is powerful statement of “there are more of us than there are of them.”

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NFL Leadership Styles – Can You Help?

Sometimes it is really useful to look at the Character Types of real people to see how what they do or say defines them. The SuperBowl and the magnificent victory by Green Bay and their young quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a great example to start off with. I’d like to type all the major players in the NFL in terms of their leadership styles. I’m looking for some help here– with quotations or a link to a video as an illustrations. Can you help fill things out?

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Power of Imagination

These characters are the naifs, innocents and eccentrics, seemingly the last person anyone would think of as a hero. They are, in fact, the classic mythic hero or the reluctant hero that Joseph Campbell and Chris Vogler describe.

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Barack Obama – Three Factors of Character Type

I’ve written extensively on the differences in Character Type between John McCain and Barack Obama. Both candidates’ response to the recent American financial crisis is further revealing of all aspects of their Character Types.

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McCain and Obama: Character Consistency in Storytelling

#ThinkpieceThursday – The Presidential election is an opportunity to see two Character Types play their roles on the world stage.

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