The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

by Will Storr

How does their flaw make them safe? On the subconscious level, what do they ultimately dread will happen if they act against their flaw?

THE STORY EVENT

This is the actual happening, in the real-world surface level of the story, that’s going to present an overwhelming challenge to their sacred flaw and ultimately break it apart. It’s the event that’ll draw them into a new subconscious realm in which their tried-and-trusted theory of control no longer works.